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CIVIC  AND  MILITAPiY 

DEMOISTSTI^ATION 


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JAMES    MONROE, 

Fifth  President  of  the  United   States, 


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UDOLPHO  WOLFE, 

in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States  for 
the  Southern  District  of  New- York. 


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whose  high  military  character,  perfection  of  drill,  and  whose  gentlemanly  deport 

ment,  have  contributed  to  elevate  the  profession  of  the 

Citizen  Soldier,  reflecting  honor  upon  them  - 

selves  and  their  country, 


THIS    HISTORIC    RECORD, 

rOMMKMORATING     THK     LAST     MILITARY     AN1>     CIVIC     OBSKQUIFS     OF 

lames    ponroc, 

is  respectfully  and  gratefully  dedicated  by  the  undersigned,  a  Virginian,  the  son  of 

a>>itizen  soldier  of  the  Old  Dominion,  who  was  a  favored  friend 

of  that  pure  and  patriotic  President. 

UDOLPHO   WOLFE. 
Nfw-York,  AnguHt,  t85S. 


1 


INTIIODUCTION. 


The  removal  of  the  honored  remains  of  James  Monroe, 
from  their  quiet  resting-place,  in  the  city  of  New- York, 
to  the  State  of  Virginia,  forms  an  interesting  episode  in 
the  history  of  the  country. 

He  was  the  fifth  President  of  the  United  States.  Of 
this  number,  three,  including  himself,  died  on  the  Fourth 
of  Juiy — the  Anniversary  of  American  Independence. 

Of  the  whole  number,  he,  alone,  died  beyond  the 
bounds  of  his  native  State.  Washington,  Adams,  Jeffer- 
son, and  Madison,  each  expired  within  the  State  of  his 
nativity. 

He  did  not,  however,  die  amidst  strangers,  for  the 
whole  Union  was  his  home,  and  the  entire  nation  mourn- 
ed his  loss. 

To  Virginia,  which  had  shared  so  largely  and  benefi- 
cially in  his  public  services,  was  his  memory  ever  dear ; 
but,  knowing  that  wherever,  in  the  bounds  of  the  Union, 
he  fell  asleep,  his  grave  would  be  watched  and  cherished 
by  his  patriotic  fellow-citizens,  she  was  slow  to  reclaim 
his  remains. 


VI  INTKODUCTIOX. 

Had  he  died  ou  a  foreign  soil,  the  whole  nation  would 
have,  at  the  moment,  claimed  the  restoration  of  his  body. 

Virginia,  however,  never  ceasing  to  remember  the 
deeds  of  her  illustrious  dead,  or  to  cherish  with  profound 
resjDect  the  memory  of  their  ashes,  determined  to  ask  the 
consent  of  New-York  for  the  removal  of  Mr.  Monroe's 
remains  from  that  noble  city,  to  the  shades  of  Hollywood, 
on  the  banks  of  the  James  River,  there  to  rest,  amidst 
the  hills  and  groves,  over  w^hich  had  strolled  her  Wash- 
ingtons,  Henrys,  Jeffersons,  Madisons,  Marshalls,  Lees, 
and  others. 

She  desired  to  have  his  future  monument  rise  in  sight 
of  the  ancient  seat  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  whose  walls 
and  grounds  had  resounded  with  the  eloquent  strains  of 
Henry,  w'hen  he  had  declared  in  the  face  of  the  minions 
of  tyranny  :  "  Give  me  Liberty,  or  give  me  death." 

Virginia,  with  becoming  State  pride,  and  respect  for 
the  memory  of  lier  sons,  w^ho  have,  by  their  deeds  of 
valor  in  the  field,  and  wisdom  in  the  Senate,  won  the 
gratitude  of  the  people,  and  reflected  honor  upon  their 
country,  has  determined  to  gather  their  remains,  as  far 
as  ix)ssible,  beneath  a  grand  mausoleum,  near  the  capital 
of  the  State,  to  which  coming  generations  may  point, 
w^ith  patriotic  recollections  of  the  virtues  and  services  of 
those  who  sleep  in  the  consecrated  soil  beneath.  To 
build  a  monument  w^hich  shall  be  more  precious  and  en- 
during, because  commemorative  of  nobler  deeds  and  ends, 
than  the  obelisk  of  Egypt,  the  tomb  of  Themistocles,  or 
the  column  of  Adrian,  w^hich  have  withstood  the  storms 
of  thousands  of  years. 

Virginia,  so  fi'uitful  in  the  production  of  men  who  hare 


INTKODKJTIOX.  Vll 

won  laurels,  iu  civil  and  military  lite,  has  reason  to  cher- 
ish their  memories.  Were  she  to  enumerate  all  born 
within  her  borders,  who  have  served  as  Presidents  of  the 
United  States,  she  could  claim  no  less  than  seven  who 
have  filled  that  high  position,  Ex-President  Monroe 
having  been  the  fourth  who  was  elected,  while  a  citizen 
of  that  State. 

It  is  the  first  instance  in  which  the  remains  of  a  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  have  been  translated  from  one 
State  to  another.  And,  under  the  circumstances,  con- 
sidering the  long,  noble,  and  distinguished  public  ser- 
vices the  deceased  had  performed,  commencing  with  the 
darkest  period  of  our  Revolutionary  struggle,  and  end- 
ing with  the  briUiant  and  successful  establishment  of  our 
independence,  and  in  the  firm  union  of  States,  under  the 
guarantees  of  a  noble  Constitution,  no  succeeding  gen- 
eration can  ever  hereafter  behold  a  similar  pageant. 

It  was  during  his  long  and  peaceful  administration,  that 
the  country  made  silent  yet  rapid  strides,  in  prosperity 
and  strength.  His  rule  shone  out  upon  the  country  like 
the  calm,  soft  rays  of  an  autumnal  sun  upon  the  quiet 
fields  and  valleys  of  a  variegated  landscape  ;  where  its  in- 
dustrious people,  redolent  with  health  and  joy,  were 
peacefully  gathering  the  ripening  fruits  of  a  prolific  soil. 
His  administration  was  the  Augustan  age  of  the  Ameri- 
can Union. 

Then,  sectionalism  had  not  dared  to  raise  its  unseemly 
head.  Its  voice  of  disorganization — its  hideous  cry,  and 
detraction  of  one  portion  of  the  country,  and  the  over- 
laudation  of  the  other,  to  subserve  unscrupulous  party 
purposes,  was  unknown. 


Vlll  INTKODUCTIOX. 

Then,  offices  sought  out  men,  and  not  men  offices,  re- 
gardless of  their  qualifications  to  fill  them,  or  of  the 
means  by  which  they  were  to  be^  obtained.  Then,  there 
were  no  armies  of  lobby-cormorants,  united  in  schemes 
of  knavery,  to  plunder  the  public  treasury. 

While  i^ublic  virtue  was  recognized  and  insisted  on  in 
all  the  departments  of  the  government,  the  Chief  Magis- 
trate himself  set  the  strongest  example  of  its  practice  in 
the  daily  performance  of  his  duty,  both  in  public  and  in 
private  afiairs. 

The  period  selected  for  the  removal  of  his  remains, 
was  auspicious. 

During  the  twenty-seven  years  of  his  repose  in  his 
grave,  into  which  he  had  sunk  in  poverty,  great  changes 
had  taken  place.  The  Union  had  grown  into  thirty-three 
States.  The  dark  spirit  of  Sectionalism  had  crept  into 
the  Eden  which  he  had  left.  Insensate  strife  and  con- 
tests, threatening  the  stability  of  the  Union,  had  weakened 
the  spirit  of  concord  and  fraternal  love,  which  had  pre- 
viously animated  the  American  heart.  Patriotism  was 
alarmed  at  the  hideous  cry  of  disunion,  unblushingly 
uttered  by  unpatriotic  persons,  amidst  the  frenzy  of 
party  rancor. 

The  country  had  just  passed  through  the  severest  sec- 
tional contest  to  which  it  had  ever  been  exposed.  Alien- 
ation and  distrust  had  been  fomented,  by  designing  and 
selfish  demagogues,  who  endeavored  to  convince  the  peo- 
ple that  their  interest  and  happiness  was  exclusively  sec- 
tional, and  not  national,  and  that  their  triumph  over 
another  section,  regardless  of  means  for  its  accompfish- 


INTRODUCTION.  IX 

ment,  was  the  highest  evidence  of  political  skill  and 
wisdom. 

Soon  after  the  close  of  a  fearful  conflict,  embodying  the 
worst  elements  of  political  strife,  we  find,  that  by  a  hum- 
ble incident,  Mr.  Monroe's  remains  were  called  for.  Pro- 
vidence, as  it  were,  seemed,  at  this  peculiar  juncture,  to 
have  caused  his  resurrection — to  have  called  up  the  spirit 
of  '76 — the  spirit  of  patriotism  and  of  union,  which  had 
rested  with  his  body,  and  hallowed  his  grave. 

His  remains  were  borne  forward  with  solemn  recollec- 
tions of  the  past,  rekindling  the  spirit  of  fraternal  union 
in  the  hearts  of  his  countrymen ;  while  the  evil  spirit  of 
sectional  discord  and  disunion  skulked  away  unseen  into 
the  hushed  silence  of  its  own  darkness. 

New- York  and  Virginia,  the  Xorth  and  the  South 
shook  hands  over  the  coffin  which  contained  his  honored 
remains,  and  renewed  their  pledges  of  eternal  fidelity  to 
the  Union  of  the  States. 

Though  dead  he  still  speaketh.  He  lived  not  for  him- 
self He  sought  no  wealth,  no  reward,  no  nobler  fixrae, 
during  his  whole  life,  than  that  of  having  performed  his 
whole  duty  to  God  and  to  his  country. 

His  character  and  services  were  eloquently  dwelt  upon 
at  the  time  of  his  decease,  in  1831 — and  also  during  the 
proceedings  incident  to  the  late  removal  of  his  remains. 
Orators  were  fluent  in  speaking  of  his  patriotism  and 
public  acts.  But  we  consider  that  the  world  never  did 
full  justice  to  his  real  merits.  His  abilities  have,  by  su- 
perficial minds,  been  underrated.  The  fashion  has  been 
to  call  him  a  good,  but  not  a  great,  man.  This  idea  is 
wrongly  based.     If  success,  in  all  the  departments  of 


X  INTRODrCTIOX. 

Statesmanship,  in  which  he  distinguished  himself,  was  any 
evidence  of  greatness,  then  was  M^.  Monroe  a  great  man. 

It  is  not  for  us  here,  to  recount  his  pubUc  services ; 
but  there  were  some  which  the  usual  notices  of  his  life 
seem  to  have  omitted. 

At  one  time,  before  the  acquisition  of  Louisiana,  the 
Spanish  Government  demanded  the  relinquishment  of 
our  right  to  navigate  the  Mississippi  River.  This  denial 
Mr.  Monroe  successfully  resisted,  and  that  in  opposition 
to  the  views  of  many  prominent  men. 

He  Avas  sent  by  Mr.  Jefferson  to  France  with  the  view 
of  inaugurating  measures,  in  concert  with  Mr.  Living- 
ston, Minister  resident  in  Paris,  for  the  purchase  of 
Kew-Orleans. 

When  he  arrived,  he  was  sent  for  by  Bonaparte,  who 
offered  to  sell  all  Louisiana  for  twenty  million  of  dollars, 
provided  it  was  accepted  at  once. 

There  was  no  time  allowed  to  write  home  for  instruc- 
tions. Mr.  Monroe,  on  consulting  with  Mr.  Livingston, 
found  the  latter  was  in  favor  of  the  purchase,  but  as  Mr. 
Monroe  was  last  from  the  United  States,  he  left  the  sub- 
ject to  him,  who  took  the  responsibility  of  concluding  the 
bargain,  without  delay.  A  vessel  was  then  immediately 
dispatched  to  the  United  States  with  the  treaty  on  board.f 

After  the  purchase  of  Louisiana,  the  Spaniards  claimed 
jurisdiction  over  the  Pacific  coast,  from  California  to  the 
British  Possessions.     This  claim  was  resisted  by  Mr.  Mon- 

*  See  "Memoirs  of  the  Presidents  of  the  United  States  and  their 
Administrations."     By  Edwin  Williams.     New-York,  1851,  p.  215. 
f  Idem.     P.  216. 


TXTRODUCTION-.  XI 

roe,  and  the  boundary-line  between  the  United  States 
and  Spain  was  established,  which  acknowledged  the  Ter- 
ritory of  Oregon,  etc.,  as  belonging  to  the  United  States, 
under  its  purchase  from  France.* 

He  afterwards  went  to  England,  and  fought  manfully 
for  the  rights  of  our  seamen,  against  the  English  claim  of 
the  right  of  search  and  impressment. 

As  a  member  of  Congress,  under  the  Articles  of  Con- 
federation, he  was  the  first  to  propose  measures  for  the 
formation  of  a  Constitution  wiiich  should  "  secure  a 
more  perfect  union." 

Under  his  administration,  a  more  perfect  system  for  the 
survey  and  disposition  of  the  public  lands  was  adopted. 
And  the  first  pension  laws  passed,  for  granting  relief  to 
the  soldiers  and  their  families  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution. 

In  1814,  while  acting  as  Secretary  of  War,  under  Mr. 
Madison,  he  found  that  the  Treasury  was  exhausted,  and 
means  were  indispensably  necessary  to  meet  the  concen- 
tration of  British  troops  against  New-Orleans,  and  he 
found  that  forty  thousand  additional  troops  would  be 
necessary  to  carry  on  the  war,  besides  the  sixty  thousand 
authorized  to  be  raised  by  an  Act  of  Congress.  Near 
the  close  of  1814,  the  fall  of  New-Orleans  seemed  ine- 
vitable. 

To  raise  funds  for  its  defense,  he  pledged  his  private 
credit  as  subsidiary  to  that  of  the  Government.  By 
this  act  of  devotion,  he  was  enabled  to  furnish  the  neces- 


*  See  "  Memoirs  of  the  Presidents  of  the  United  States,"  etc.     By 
Edwin  Williams.     P.  216. 


Xll  INTRODUCTION. 

sary  supplies.  New-Orleans  was  saved,  and  a  great  vic- 
tory won  for  American  arms,* 

This  pure  and  great  public  benefactor  closed  his 
career  on  the  4th  of  July,  1831. 

The  ceremonies  incident  to  the  removal  of  his  remains 
to  Virginia,  we  have  endeavored  to  gather  in  the  follow- 
ing pages. 

The  most  striking  and  prominent  feature,  attending 
their  translation,  was  the  turn-out  of  the  distinguished 
volunteer  corps,  known  over  the  Union  as  the  !N"ational 
GuAKD,  or  Seventh  Regiment,  who  nobly  acted  as  an 
escort  to  the  remains  from  New- York  to  Richmond. 

Sketches  of  their  movements  on  their  voyage,  their 
doings  in  Richmond,  and  their  journey  home,  and  the 
honor  with  which  they  were  every  where  received,  and 
the  compliments  every  where  bestowed  upon  them,  and 
their  soldierly-like  conduct,  are  fully  set  forth  in  the  suc- 
ceeding chapters  of  this  work. 

There  was  a  solemn  grandeur  in  the  ceremonies,  which 
will  long  be  remembered  by  all  who  witnessed  them. 

The  only  circumstance  which  occurred  to  mar  the 
pleasure  of  the  trip  enjoyed  by  the  Regiment,  was  the 
accidental  death  of  Laurens  Hamilton,  a  young  man 
greatly  respected  and  beloved,  and  who  was  a  worthy 
member  of  the  Regiment  to  which  he  was  attached.  The 
facts  relating  to  the  melancholy  event,  and  the  return  of 
his  remains  to  the  city,  with  an  account  of  his  funeral, 
are  duly  recorded. 

*  See  "  Memoirs  of  the  Presidents  of  the  United  States,"  etc.  By 
Edwin  Williams.     P.  118. 


INTRODUCTION.  XII 1 

We  submit  these  pages  to  the  kind  consideration  of 
the  public,  and  to  the  attention  of  the  rising  generation, 
who  may  learn,  from  the  example  of  a  great  and  good 
man,  that  their  highest  aspirations  should  be  like  his,  to 
obey  God,  honor  their  country,  and  labor  to  defend  and 
to  preserve  its  liberty  and  union  forever. 

New-York,  1858. 


OBSEQUIES  OF  PRESIDENT  MONROE  IN  1831. 


The  interment  of  President  Monroe's  remains  in  the 
Second  Street  Cemetery,  took  place  on  the  7th  of  July, 
1831,  and  was  one  of  the  most  imposing  ceremonies  ever 
witnessed  in  New- York.  The  announcement  of  his  death 
was  appropriately  noticed  by  the  various  legislative,  lite- 
rary, commercial,  and  judicial  bodies  in  New- York,  who 
universally  passed  resolutions  expressive  of  their  high  re- 
spect for  the  deceased,  and  in  favor  of  attending  the  funeral. 
The  body  was  taken  by  a  guard  of  honor  from  the  resi- 
dence of  his  son-in-law,  Samuel  L.  Gouverneur,  accompa- 
nied by  his  near  relatives  and  friends,  and  deposited  on  a 
platform  which  was  erected  for  the  occasion,  and  draped 
with  black  cloth,  in  front  of  the  City  Hall,  where  Presi- 
dent Duer,  of  Columbia  College,  but  recently  deceased, 
delivered  an  ajDpropriate  address.  The  body  was  from 
thence  taken  to  St.  Paul's  Church,  the  pulpit  and  reading 
desk  of  which  were  clad  in  mourning,  where  the  solemn 
service  of  the  Episcopal  Church  was  read  by  the  Rev. 
Bishop  Onderdonk  and  Dr.  "Wainwright. 

The  procession  moved  in  the  following  order,  as  arranged 
by  the  Committee  of  the  Common  Council,  of  which  Al- 
derman Cebra  was  chairman  : 

Major-General  Morton's  Division  of  Artillery  under  arms. 

Two  battalions  of  Infantry,  in  reversed  order,  as  an   escort. 

The  Sexton. 

The  Rev.  Clergy. 

Pall  Bearers. 

David  Brooks, 
Col.  John  Trumbull, 
Gov,  a,  Ogden,  N.  J. 
Thomas  Morris, 

Relatives  of  the  Deceased. 


Pall  Bearers. 

S.  L.  Southard,  N,  J,, 
Col.  Richard  Varick, 
John  Watts, 

J.  FURGERSON,  U.S.N. 

Tlie 

Ilearse 

containing 

the 

Body. 

OBSEQUIES    OF    1831.  XV 

Common  Council  of  the  City  as  mourners,  in  the  following  order  : 

The  Mayor  of  the  City. 

The  Board  of  Aldermen,  headed  by  their  President. 

The  Board  of  Assistant  Aldermen,  headed  by  their  President. 

The  Officers  of  the  two  Boards. 

The   Society   of    the   Cincinnati. 

The  Physicians  of  the  Deceased. 

The  President,  Trustees,  Faculty,  and  Students  of  Columbia  College. 

The  University  of  the  City,  Hon.  Albert  Gallatin,  presiding. 

College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons. 

Foreign  Ministers  and  Consuls. 

Marshal  of  the  United  States,  and  Sheriff  of  the  City  and  County. 

Judges  of  the  United  States  and  State  Courts,  and  the  Recorder 

Members  of  Congress. 

Senate  and  Assembly  of  the  State  Legislature. 

Members  of  the  Bar. 

Pi-esident  and  Trustees  of  the  village  of  Brooklyn. 

Officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy. 

Militia  Officers  not  on  duty. 

Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Board  of  Trade. 

Officers  of  the  Customs. 

Wardens  of  the  Port  and  Harbor  Masters. 

Marine  Society. 

Various  other  Societies. 

Citizen  of  Brooklyn.     Citizens  of  New- York. 

The  hearse  in  which  the  body  was  carried,  was  covered 
with  black  cloth  fringed  with  gold.  The  national  flag 
reversed,  hung  from  the  centre  panels,  and  eight  black 
feathers  waved  from  the  top,  the  hearse  being  drawn  by- 
four  black  horses. 

During  the  -moving  of  the  procession  the  city  bells 
tolled,  and  minute  guns  were  fired  from  Fort  Columbus. 

The  line  of  march  was  up  Broadway  to  Bleecker  street, 
the  military  forming  in  open  order  on  each  side  of  Bleeck- 
er and  Second  streets,  while  the  balance  of  the  proces- 
sion marched  through  into  the  Cemetery.  After  the  body 
was  deposited  in  the  vault,  the  troops  fired  three  volleys 
over  the  grave,  and  the  procession  marched  out  of  the 
Cemeterv  in  the  same  order  in  which  thcv  entered. 


XVi  OBSEQUIES    OF    1831. 

The  leaden  coffin  in  which  the  body  was  first  encased 
was  subsequently  inclosed  in  a  mahogany  coffin,  the  sil- 
ver plate  of  which  bears  the  following  inscription : 


JAMES    MONKOE, 

OF  VIRGINIA, 

aOuU  4tt)  3ulp,  1831,  2l3C^  U  itars. 


It  is  mentioned  as  especially  deserving  of  credit,  that 
the  shops  were  generally  closed,  and  the  inhabitants  of 
Bowery  and  Chatham  street,  through  w^hich  the  corpse 
was  carried  to  the  City  Hall,  had  their  stores  and  dwell- 
ings hung  with  black. 

Of  all  the  pall-bearers  who  officiated  on  that  occasion, 
it  is  believed  that  none  now  survive. 

On  the  demise  of  Mr.  Monroe,  public  meetings  com- 
memorative of  regret  for  his  loss  and  respect  for  his 
memory,  were  held  in  various  parts  of  the  United  States. 
John  Quincy  Adams  dehvered  an  eloquent  and  feeling 
eulogy  on  his  public  acts  as  a  statesman,  and  bore  testi- 
mony, from  long  official  intercourse,  to  his  private  worth. 

A  large  meeting  was  held  also  at  Richmond,  Virginia, 
in  commemoration  of  the  sad  event,  at  which  Bishop 
Moore  was  the  eloquent  officiating  clergyman. 


mTERESTING  CORRESPONDENCE. 


Before  entering  upon  a  notice  of  the  initiatory  steps 
adopted  by  the  Legislature  of  Virginia  for  the  removal 
of  Mr.  Monroe's  remains,  and  which  were  responded  to 
by  the  authorities  of  New- York,  we  wish  to  allude  to  an 
incident,  perhaps  insignificant  in  itself,  but  of  some  inter- 
est, so  far  as  it  goes  to  form  a  link  in  connection  with  the 
history  of  their  translation,  which  subsequently  took  place. 

A  gentleman  of  Virginian  parentage,  resident  in  Kew- 
York,  who  had  a  knowledge  of  Mr.  Monroe's  burial- 
place,  and  who,  from  respect  for  his  memory  and  public 
ser\dces,  conceived  the  idea  of  i)utting  on  foot  measures 
for  having  a  suitable  monument  erected  over  his  remains. 
With  this  view,  he  brought  the  subject  to  the  notice  of  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  city 
of  New-York,  who  approved  of  his  plan,  and  offered  to 
introduce  a  resolution  in  favor  of  appropriating  a  suffi- 
cient sum  for  having  the  work  accomplished.  It  was  also 
contemplated,  should  his  plans  have  been  approved,  to  have 
employed  a  poor  but  young  and  promising  self-taught 
sculptor,  by  the  name  of  David  Richards,  to  do  the  work. 

Before  progressing  further,  however,  the  gentleman 
referred  to,  thought  it  best  to  address  a  letter  to  His  Ex- 
cellency, Gov.  Wise,  of  Virginia,  and  learn  from  him, 
whether  it  was  contemplated  to  remove  the  remains  from 
New- York  to  Virginia,  or  whether  they  would  likely  be 
permitted  to  remain  permanently  where  they  were. 

To  this  letter  the  following  reply  was  received,  the 
views  and  sentiments  of  which  met  the  concurrence  of 
the  gentleman  referred  to  : 

RicnMOND,  Va.,  March  20th,  1858. 

Dear  Sir:  Governor  Wise  has  just  received  your  letter  concern- 
in^:  the  Monroe  monument,  etc. 

He  instructs  me  to  inform  you  that  he  will  immediately  take  steps 
to  secure  State  action  in  a  matter  which  so  nearly  concerns  the  honor 
of  Virginia.  Yours,  very  respectfully, 

To  A J ,  Esq.,  N'eio-YorJc.  O.  Jennings  Wise. 


ACTION  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  OF  VIRGINIA. 


Ox  the  2d  of  April,  1858,  a  resolution  (a  copy  of  which 
will  be  found  below)  was  submitted  in  the  Senate,  by  Mr. 
Deneals,  of  the  Kockinghara  District,  and  on  his  motion 
the  rules  were  suspended  for  the  purpose  of  considering 
it  forthwith,  and  having  been  read,  it  was  carried  by — 
ayes,  26,  noes,  none. 

On  the  same  day  it  was  communicated  to  the  House  of 
Delegates  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Senate,  and  other  business 
being  under  consideration,  it  was  passed  over  for  the  day. 

On  the  6th  of  April,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Lee,  the  dele- 
gate from  the  district  composed  of  the  counties  of  Orange 
and  Greene,  the  resohition  was  taken  up  and  adopted — 
ayes,  88,  noes,  2. 

Resolutiox,  appropriating  a  certain  sum  of   :money 

FOR  THE  removal  OF  THE  REMAINS  OF  JaMES  MoNROE. 

Adopted  April  6th,  1858. 

Resolved,  by  the  General  Assembly,  that  tlie  sum  of  two  thousaTid 
dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  shall  be,  and  is 
hereby  appropriated,  to  be  applied,  under  the  direction  of  the  Gov- 
ernor, for  the  removal  of  the  remains  of  James  Monroe,  Ex-President 
of  the  United  States,  from  the  public  burying-ground,  in  the  city  of 
New- York,  to  the  cemetery  at  the  city  of  Richmond,  in  Virginia,  for 
interment;  provided,  that  upon  inquiry,  he  may  deem  it  proper,  and 
such  removal  may  meet  with  the  approbation  of  the  family. 


PROCEE1311SrG^S 


VIRGINIANS,  AND  THEIR    DESCENDANTS, 


CITY  OF  NEW-YORK  AND   ITS  VICINITY. 


As  soon  as  it  became  known  that  the  Legislature  of 
Virgmia  had  at  its  late  session  authorized  the  remains  of 
James  Monroe  to  be  removed  from  New-York  to  Vir- 
ginia, the  Virginians,  and  their  descendants  in  New- York 
and  its  vicinity,  held  consultations,  and  resolved  to  call  a 
meeting  for  the  purpose  of  uniting  with  the  city  authori- 
ties in  the  ceremonies  to  be  performed  on  the  occasion. 

Accordingly  the  following  public  notice,  signed  by  a 
number  of  influential  Virginians  resident  in  New-York, 
was  published  in  the  newspaj)ers  on  the  1st  June  : 

"  Removal  of  President  James  Monroe's  Remains. — Virginians  aud 
their  descendants,  now  in  the  city  of  New-York  and  its  vicinity,  are 
requested  to  meet  at  the  Metropolitan  Hotel,  on  Thursday  evening 
next,  at  8  o'clock,  to  make  arrangements  to  participate  with  the 
citizens  and  Municipal  officers  of  New-York,  in  the  public  ceremonies 
at  the  removal  of  the  remains  of  President  Monroe  from  this  city 
to  Virginia. 

J.  A.  &  T.  A.  Patterson,  B.  W.  Mason, 

James  T.  Soutter,  John  G.  Oldner, 

Reuben  Withers,  A,  S.  Sullivan, 

Major  Hill,  U.S.A.,  Benjamin  Dennis, 

J.  W.  Alexander,  William  H.  Price, 

Chapman  J.  Leigh,  Robert  Blow, 

Peters,  Campbell  <fe  Co.,  Gray  &  Glassell, 

John  R,  Garland,  Henry  Ludlam, 

Innes  C.  Adams,  Brooks,  Bell,  Pace  &  Co., 

James  M.  Minov;,  and  others." 


20  REMOVAL    OF   THE    EEMAINS 

The  call  was  duly  responded  to,  and,  at  the  time  ap- 
pomted,  a  large  number  of  Virgmians  attended. 

The  proceeding  which  were  nad  upon  that  occasion, 
we  give  as  follows  : 

A  meeting  of  Virginians  and  their  descendants,  now 
in  New- York,  convened  by  public  notice,  to  take  action 
on  the  subject  of  uniting  with  the  public  authorities  of 
the  city  in  the  ceremonies  proposed  on  the  occasion  of 
the  removal  of  the  remains  of  President  Monroe  to  his 
native  State,  was  held  at  the  Metropolitan  Hotel,  on 
Thursday  evening,  3d  June.  Major  Henry  Hill,  U.S.A., 
was,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Sullivan,  called  to  the  chair,  and 
W.  H.  Price  appointed  Secretary. 

The  Chairman  explained  the  objects  of  the  meeting, 
and  stated  that  he  had  received  a  communication  from 
Lieut.-Gen.  Scott,  expressive  of  regret  for  his  unavoida- 
ble absence,  and  conveying  a  sense  of  his  concurrence 
and  sympathy  with  the  objects  of  the  meeting. 

Apologies  were  made  for  the  absence  of  Mr.  J.  T. 
Soutter,  Mr.  Reuben  Withers,  and  others. 

Mr.  Algernon  Sidney  Sullivan,  who  had  taken  an  ac- 
tive interest  in  getting  up  the  meeting,  stated  that  he 
had  consulted  with  Mr.  Ludlam,  the  agent  of  the  steamer 
Jamestown,  and  that  it  had  been  suggested  that  the 
ceremony  of  the  removal  should  take  place  on  the  2d 
July,  and  that  his  remains  be  placed  on  board  that  steamer 
on  the  3d,  so  as  to  arrive  in  Richmond  on  the  5th  July. 

A  committee  of  five  was,  on  motion  of  Mr.  A.  B.  Wood, 
appointed  to  prepare  business  and  draft  resolutions,  and 
present  a  plan  for  the  action  of  the  meeting.  The  Chair- 
man appointed  on  this  Committee  Mr.  A.  R.  Wood,  A.  S. 
Sullivan,  Dr.  B.  Dennis,  James  A.  Patterson,  and  R.  Blow, 
Dr.  Jones,  at  their  request,  being  added  to  the  Commit- 
tee. The  Committee,  after  a  brief  retirement,  reported 
as  follows : 


OP   JAMES   MONROE.  21 

"  Resolved,  That  with  sincere  reverence  for  the  character  and  pa- 
triotism of  James  Monroe,  and  in  generous  sympathy  -with  the  pride 
which  has  prompted  the  State  of  Virginia  to  remove  his  honored 
remains  to  the  soil  of  his  native  State,  we  desire  to  participate  in 
the  ceremonies  of  the  occasion, 

"  Resolved,  That  a  Committee  of  thirteen  be  appointed  to  corre- 
spond with  the  authorities  of  Virginia,  and  of  this  city,  on  the  sub- 
ject, to  obtain  other  information,  and  to  make  the  arrangements  for 
carrying  out  the  design  of  this  meeting,  and  that  said  Committee 
report  to  another  meeting,  to  be  hereafter  called." 

On  motion,  a  nominating  Committee  was  appointed  to 
present  the  names  of  persons  to  the  meeting  to  serve  on 
the  Committee  of  Arrangements,  who,  after  a  brief  retire- 
ment, reported  the  following  list  of  names,  which  were 
accepted  by  the  meeting,  namely  : 

Major  Henry  Hill,  U.S.A.,  Chairman, 

Robert  Blow,  Esq.,  William  Bell,  Esq., 

Dr.  B.  Dennis,  James  S.  Glassell,  Esq., 

James  A.  Patterson,  Esq.,  James  F.  Shepherd,  Esq., 

A.  S.  Sullivan,  Esq.,  Michael  Hart,  Esq., 

D.  T.  C.  Peters,  Esq.,  James  T.  Soutter,  Esq., 

C.  J.  Leigh,  Esq.,  Col.  William  M.  Peyton, 

Gen.  C.  R.  Wheat,  William  H.  Price. 
Dr.  William  Banks, 

On  motion,  A.  S.  Sullivan  and  D.  H.  Peters  were 
added  to  the  Committee,  making  it  consist  of  fifteen. 
On  motion.  Dr.  Jones  was  also  added  to  the  Committee, 
but  who,  at  his  urgent  and  respectful  solicitation,  was 
excused  from  serving. 

Col.  William  M.  Peyton  was,  on  motion  at  a  subse- 
quent meeting,  added  to  the  Committee,  which  made  it 
consist  of  sixteen,  complete  as  above. 

The  Committee  of  Arrangements  subsequently  ap- 
pointed the  following  persons,  members  from  its  body,  as 
a  Committee  of  Correspondence,  etc.  : 

A.  S.  Sullivan,  Esq.,  Michael  Hart,  Esq., 

James  A.  Patterson,  Esq.,  William  liell,  Esq. 

C.  J.  Leigh,  Esq., 


22  liEAtOVAL    OF    THE   REilAIXS 

During  the  evening,  remarks  were  addressed  to  the 
meeting  by  Gen.  Wheat,  Mr»  Sulliyau,  3Ir.  Harris,  Dr. 
Jones,  and  others.  The  latter  referred  to  his  correspond- 
ence in  March  last  with  Gov.  Wise,  regarding  the  re- 
moval of  Mr.  Monroe's  remains,  and  of  a  proposed  monu- 
ment to  be  erected  over  them,  should  they  be  allowed  to 
rest  permanently  in  New- York. 

He  also  paid  a  high  comj^liment  to  the  deceased,  whom 
he  had  seen  in  the  village  where  he  was  attending  school, 
and  that  at  his  second  election  of  Chief  Magistrate  of  the 
United  States,  he  had  received  the  unanimous  support  of 
the  entire  voting  population  of  the  county  in  which  that 
village  was  situated. 

Gen.  Wheat  hoped  that  this  meeting  of  Virginians  and 
their  descendants,  in  such  a  patriotic  cause  would  subse- 
quently lead  to  the  formation  of  an  Old  Dominion  Society. 
He  also  spoke  eloquently  in  regard  to  the  character  of 
the  deceased. 

Mr.  Harris  also  concurred  with  the  views  expressed  by 
Gen.  Wheat,  and  complimented  the  city  of  Xew-York, 
ill  which  he  had  resided  for  a  great  many  years. 

There  being  no  further  business  before  the  meeting,  it 
was  adjourned,  to  meet  at  the  call  of  the  Committee  of 
Arrangements. 


OF    JAMES    MOXROE. 

SECOND     MEETING 

OF    THE 

VIRGLMA^S^S  AT  THE  METROPOLITAN  HOTEL, 

JUXE  22. 


Major  Hexry  Hill,  the  Chairman,  called  the  meeting 
to  orcler,  when  the  Committee  of  Arrangements  made  a 
partial  report. 

Lieut.-Col.  Lefierts,  of  the  National  Guard,  was  intro- 
duced, who  made  known  to  the  meeting  the  arrange- 
ments then  in  progress  by  the  National  Guard  to  accom- 
pany the  remains  of  Mr.  Monroe  to  Richmond.  Lieut. 
Wmchester,  Quarter-master  of  the  Regiment,  was  also  in- 
troduced to  the  meeting. 

Col.  Lefferts  politely  extended  an  hivitation  to  the 
Committee  of  Virginians,  in  New- York,  to  accompany 
the  Seventh  Regiment,  in  the  Ericsson,  to  Virginia,  and 
stated  that  they  had  extended  a  similar  invitation  to  the 
Committee  of  the  Common  Council. 

The  Committee  of  Arrangements  stated  that  they  had 
ordered  an  appropriate  badge  to  bo  executed,  on  which 
was  rei^resented  the  coat  of  arms  of  Virginia.  They  also 
stated  that  the  appointment  of  pall-bearers  was  not  com- 
plete, and  that  the  Committee  would  not  be  able  to  give 
the  list  in  full  until  the  next  meeting.  The  Chairman 
stated,  that,  in  a  conference  with  the  Committee  of  the 
Common  Council,  the  Virginians  had  been  authorized  to 
appoint  eight  jjall-bearers  of  the  thirty-three  to  serve  on 
the  occasion,  and  that  the  Virginians  would  be  assigned 
a  position  in  the  procession  next  to  tliat  of  the  hearse 
bearing  the  remains  of  President  Monroe. 


24  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 

Subsequently,  the  Committee  of  Arrangements,  with 
whom  the  appointment  had  been  intrusted,  reported  the 
following  list  of  pall-bearers  : 

Lieut-Gen.  Winfield  Scott,  Robert  Blow^,  Esq., 

Major  Henry  Hill,  U.S.A.,  E.  M.  Greenw  ay, 

Howell  Williams,  Col.  Wm.  M.  Peyton, 

Ja^ies  Monroe  Minor,  M.D.,  James  P.  Soutter,  Esq. 

The  Virginians  and  their  descendants  present  were 
requested  to  sign  their  names  with  their  address,  in  a 
book  to  be  kept  by  the  Secretary. 

On  motion,  it  was  resolved,  that  the  Secretary  have 
notices  printed,  and  sent  to  all  Virginians,  and  their  de- 
scendants in  New-York,  to  attend  a  general  and  final 
mass  meeting,  to  be  held  at  the  same  place,  on  the  29th 
June. 

On  motion,  a  Finance  Committee  was  appointed  to 
obtain  subscriptions  with  winch  to  meet  the  expenses  of 
the  proceedings. 

Among  those  present  were  Col.  Duryea,  Lieut. -Col. 
Lefferts,  and  members  from  the  Committee  of  the  Com- 
mon Council,  who  were  severally  and  respectfully  intro- 
duced to  the  meeting. 

The  Committee  of  Arrangements  was  requested  to 
remain  after  the  adjournment,  to  form  a  plan  of  confei*ring 
Avith  the  relatives  of  the  deceased,  as  to  the  best  mode  of 
having  the  disinterment  made. 

Mr.  Wm.  H.  Price,  the  Secretary  of  the  meeting, 
stated  that  Mr.  Udolpho  Wolfe  had  kindly  ofiered  the 
free  use  of  his  private  residence  in  Fourteenth  street, 
for  the  meeting  of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements.  A 
sense  of  thanks  was  expressed  for  Mr.  Wolfe's  ofier,  and 
action  on  the  subject  referred  to  the  Committee  of 
Arrangements. 

The  Corresponding  Committee  also  reported  that  they 
had  corresponded  with  the  Richmond  Committee,  and 


OF   JAMES    MOXKOE.  25 

had  i-eceived  from  them  an  acknowledgment,  expressing 
pleasure  at  the  steps  already  taken,  and  hoping  that  the 
New- York  Virginians  would  be  accorded  the  honor  of 
forming  the  immediate  escort  of  the  body.  They  were 
unable  to  report  exactly  the  order  of  ceremonies,  but 
thought  that  the  body  would  be  disinterred  on  the  2d 
j^roximo,  lie  in  state,  at  the  City  Hall,  until  the  morning 
of  the  3d,  and  then  be  embarked  for  Richmond. 

The  report  was  adopted. 

The  Chairman  read  the  following  letter  from  Gen. 
"Winfield  Scott,  accepting  the  position  of  one  of  the  pall- 
bearers, which  had  been  tendered  by  the  Committee  : 

Washington',  June  22,  1858. 

Dear  Sir  :  It  is  my  hope  and  expectation  to  be  in  New-York  on 
the  forenoon  of  the  2d  proximo,  the  day  appointed  by  the  proper 
authorities  for  tho  exhumation  of  President  Monroe's  remains,  as  I 
feel  that  there  will  be  a  special  propriety  in  my  presence  on  that  in- 
teresting occasion,  as  I  was  one  of  the  personal  friends  of  the  ex-Pre- 
sident, who  attended  him  throughout  his  last  illness,  and  closed  his 
eyes.  I,  therefore,  readily  accept  the  position  to  which  I  have  had 
the  honor  to  be  assigned  by  the  Committee  you  represent.  I  remain 
yours  truly.  "Winreld  Scott. 

Major  H.  Hill,  New- York. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Patterson,  it  was  decided  to  confer 
upon  the  Committee  the  power  to  appoint  the  delegation 
to  proceed  to  Virginia,  and  on  motion  of  Mr.  Sullivan,  it 
was  decided  that  the  Committee  should  wait  upon  and 
consult  with  the  delegation  from  Virginia.  The  meeting 
then  adjourned. 

The  Committee  of  Arrangements  remained  in  confer- 
ence after  the  meeting,  and  considered  the  best  mode  of 
making  the  disinterment  and  removal  of  Mr.  Monroe's 
remains  satisfactory  and  acceptable  to  the  relatives  of  the 
deceased,  one  of  whom  had  by  a  letter  wa-itten  to  Gov. 
Wise,  expressed  a  wish  to  have  the  removal  made  with  as 
little  demonstration  and  as  quietly  as  possible. 
2 


26  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

The  Common  Council  Committee  had  made  all  pre- 
liminary and  necessary  arrangements  on  the  subject  of 
defraying  expenses,  etc.  Whjle  the  friends  of  the  family 
desired  that  the  disinterment  should  be  conducted  in  the 
most  quiet  manner,  without  display,  and  at  as  little  ex 
pense  as  possible.  A  sub-committee  was  appointed  to 
wait  upon  Mr.  S.  L.  Gouverneur  and  Col.  Monroe,  the 
parties  in  question,  and  induce  them  to  yield  to  the 
wishes  of  the  city  authorities,  and  to  the  public  feeling 
generally. 

The  Committee  then  adjourned  to  meet  at  the  same 
place  at  eight  P.M.,  on  the  26th  inst. 

On  convening  at  the  time  appointed,  the  sub-commit- 
tee reported  that  they  had  held  a  conference  with  Col. 
Monroe  and  S.  L.  Gouverneur,  Sen.,  and  S.  L.  Gouverneur, 
Jr.,  and  had  prevailed  upon  them  to  yield  their  private 
wishes  on  the  subject,  and  permit  the  civic  and  military 
procession  to  take  place  on  the  2d  of  July  ensuing,  as 
previously  contemplated,  with  the  understanding,  that 
the  disinterment  should  be  privately  made  at  five  A.M.,  at 
the  Marble  Cemetery  in  Second  street,  on  the  2d  July,  in 
presence  of  the  relations  of  the  family,  and  of  delegations 
from  the  Committee  of  the  Virginians,  and  of  the  Com- 
mon Council.  That  the  remains  should  be  conveyed  to 
a  church,  or  to  a  private  residence  in  Fourteenth  Street, 
and  to  be  afterwards  under  the  control  of  the  city 
authorities. 

This  arrangement  was  ratified  between  the  sub-com- 
mittee and  the  relatives,  who  reported  jointly  to  the 
Committee  of  the  Common  Council,  who  concurred  in 
the  arrangement. 

The  report  was  accepted  by  the  Virginia  Committee 
of  Arrangements,  who  thereupon  opened  the  doors  and 
invited  Col.  Lefferts  and  Quarter-master  Winchester  into 
the  room.    The  Colonel  stated  that  the  Seventh  Regiment 


OF   JAMES    MONEOE.  27 

had  chartered  the  steamship  Ericsson,  and  hoped  that 
the  Committee  would  accept  of  the  invitation  to  accom- 
pany the  Regiment  on  board  of  that  steamer  to  Virginia. 
He  stated  that  the  Regiment  would  muster  about  five  hun- 
dred men  and  olficers  for  the  excursion. 

It  was  expected  that  Mr.  O.  Jennings  Wise,  and  Mr. 
Wm.  Mumford,  the  Committee  from  Virginia,  would 
have  been  present ;  but  it  was  understood  that  they  had 
engaged  lodgings  at  the  New- York  Hotel,  where  they 
had  not  arrived  up  to  eight  P.M. 

It  was  resolved  to  call  a  general  meeting  of  the  Vir- 
ginians and  their  descendants  for  the  28th  June. 

The  Committee  then  adjourned,  after  which,  several 
members  called  upon  Messrs.  Mumford  and  Wise,  who 
had,  in  the  mean  time,  arrived  at  their  lodgings. 

The  Committee  had  agreed,  on  the  suggestion  of  Dr. 
Jones,  with  the  relatives  of  Ex-President  Monroe,  to 
visit  his  grave  next  day  (Sunday)  at  six  P.M.,  and  they 
extended  an  invitation  to  Messrs.  Wise  and  Mumford  to 
accompany  them. 

At  the  appointed  hour,  several  members  of  the  Com- 
mittee met  at  the  New- York  Hotel,  and  proceeded  to  the 
Marble  Cemetery  in  Second  street,  near  Second  Avenue, 
in  carriages. 

Among  those  present,  were  Colonel  Monroe,  and  S.  L. 
Gouverneur,  (relatives  of  the  deceased,)  Major  Henry 
Hill,  Robert  Blow,  O.  Jennings  Wise,  William  Mumford, 
Colonel  Lefferts,  Quarter-Master  Winchester,  Chapman 
J.  Leigh,  Dr.  Jones,  and  others. 

The  vault  in  which  the  remains  of  Mr.  Monroe  rested 
was  near  the  centre  of  a  beautiful  cemetery,  kept  in  the 
neatest  order.  Mr.  Gouverneur  stated  that  he  had  pur- 
chased the  vault,  in  which  his  remains  were  interred,  for 
five  hundred  dollars. 

After  a  pleasant  stroll  over  the  grounds,  during  which 
the  Sexton  and  Mr.  Gouverneur  pointed  out  the  tombs  of 


28  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

several  distinguished  persons  in  the  same  grounds,  inchi fl- 
ing those  of  General  Morton,  who  commanded  the  mili- 
tary at  Mr.  Monroe's  funeral  in  1831,  and  also  those  of 
Stephen  Allen,  Thomas  Addis  Emmett,  and  others,  the 
party  returned  to  the  hotel. 


THIRD   AND  FINAL   MEETING 


VIRGINIANS  AT  THE  METROPOLITAN  HOTEL, 

ON   THE   THIRTIETH   JUNE. 

CoL.  Wm.  M.  Peyton  was  called  to  the  Chair,  and  Mr. 
Price  was  appointed  Secretary. 

EEPORT   OF   THE  COMMITTEE. 

Major  H.  Hill,  U.S.A.,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee, 
submitted  a  report  in  reference  to  the  projected  order  of 
arrangements,  in  conformity  with  the  programme  adopted 
by  the  Common  Council  Committee.  The  report  further 
stated  that  Mr.  N.  H.  Campbell  had  accepted  the  office 
of  Marshal  of  the  Virginians,  and  had  already  conferred 
with  the  Grand  Marshal  of  the  day.  The  following 
named  gentlemen  had  been  selected  as  a  Committee 
(with  power  to  elect  their  own  Chairman)  on  the  part  of 
the  Virginian  residents  of  the  Metropolis,  to  proceed  with 
the  remains  to  the  native  State  of  the  deceased,  viz. : 

A.  B.  Wood,  Chapman  J.  Leigh, 

James  A.  Patterson,  Col.  Wm.  M.  Peyton, 

William  Bell,  Major  Henry  Hill,  U.S.A., 

Algernon  S.  Sullivan,  Dr.  B.  Dennis, 

Major  S.  S.  Anderson,  Wm.  H.  Price. 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  29 

A  funeral  badge  had  also  been  adopted  from  the  de- 
sign of  an  amateur  artist,  a  young  Virginian — Mr.  Wil- 
liam L.  Shepherd.  A  courteous  invitation  had  been  re- 
ceived by  the  Committee  from  Wm.  Mumford  and  O. 
Jennings  Wise,  Esqs.,  to  go  by  the  Jamestown,  as  the 
guests  of  the  State  of  Virginia,  and  had  been  accepted. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  A.  S.  Sullivan,  the  report  was  ap- 
proved. 

Copies  of  the  badge  were  then  distributed.     It  was  a 

very  neat  affair,  printed  upon  white  silk  ribbon,  about  eight 

inches  long  and  two  wide,  with  the  following  inscription  ; 

Ceremony  of  the  Disinterment 

and 

Removal  from  the  City  of  New- York, 

Of  the  remains  of 

JAMES    MONROE, 

President  of  the  United  States. 

A.D.  ISIY— 1824, 

To  Virginia,  his  native  State, 

July,  1858. 

Tribute  to  his  memory  by  Virginians  and  their  descendants  in 

New-York. 

Here  follows  the  Virginia  coat  of  arms,  with  the  well- 
known  motto  of : 

"  Sic  Semper  Tyrannis," 
and  the  figure  of  Liberty,  crushing  the  figure  of  Despot- 
ism beneath  her  feet. 

Notice  was  given  on  behalf  of  the  Virginia  and  New- 
York  Steamship  Company,  that  the  Jamestown  would 
sail  on  Saturday  at  three  P.M.,  "  sharp,"  and  all  purpos- 
ing to  go  by  her,  were  requested  to  be  on  deck  in  due 
season.  A  note  having  been  received  by  Major  Hill  from 
Lieut.  Gen.  Winfield  Scott,  ihq^  the  prostration  of  health 
would  prevent  his  serving  as  pall-bearer  on  the  2d  July, 
when,  on  motion,  Capt.  John  R.  Garland  was  appointed 
a  pall-bearer  in  his  place. 


30  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 


BEMARKS    OF    MR.    MUMPORD. 

The  Chairman  observed,  that  no  doubt  the  meeting 
would  be  pleased  to  hear  from  the  Virginia  delegation. 
He  perceived  one  of  them  present,  and  would  take  the 
liberty  of  calling  upon  him  for  a  few  remarks. 

Mr.  Wm.  Mumford,  (from  the  Richmond  Committee,) 
in  reply,  said  that  he  did  not  know  that  he  could  say  any 
thing  to  more  interest  the  meeting  than  to  give  a  simple 
statement  of  what  had  been  determined  upon  originally 
by  the  authorities  at  home.  The  Legislature  only  in- 
tended to  send  a  committee  of  gentlemen  to  take  the  re- 
mains from  New- York  to  the  place  where  they  were  to 
lie.  New- York  had  indeed  been  kind  and  generous,  and 
her  peoj^le  seemed  determined  to  make  a  display  that 
would  do  honor  to  themselves  and  to  the  memory  of 
James  Monroe.  Virginia  would  respond  to  that  gener- 
osity. The  Seventh  Regiment  would  be  entertained  by 
the  city  of  Richmond  during  their  stay,  while  the  Com- 
mittee and  Common  Council  would  be  entertained  as  the 
guests  of  the  Governor  and  the  State.  The  people  of 
Richmond  had  provided  a  beautiful  place  for  the  repose  of 
the  dead.  To  that  spot  Governor  "Wise  proposed  to  take 
the  remains  of  Jefferson,  Madison,  and  Monroe,  and  there 
they  would  rest  beneath  holly  wood  trees,  whose  never- 
fading  leaves  would  be  a  fit  emblem  of  their  undying  fame. 
There,  too,  on  the  opposite  side,  was  the  tomb  of  Pow- 
hatan, and  the  spot  where  the  Indian  maid  pleaded  for 
the  white  man's  life ;  and  there  again,  while  their  noble 
river  would  chaunt  a  peaceful  requiem,  there  was  the 
almost  breathing  image  of  their  country's  Father  point- 
ing to  those  tombs  on  the  hill — pointing  to  the  virtues 
and  integrity  of  those  men  whose  remains  would  be 
quietly  reposing  beneath  the  hallowed  earth.  He  assured 
the  Committee  of  a  hearty  welcome  in  Richmond. 

Major  Hill  then  read  a  brief  resume  of  Mr.  Monroe's 


OP   JAMES    MONROE.  81 

military  and  political  career,  which  was  much  applauded, 
and  which  we  give  as  follows  : 

BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  OF  PRESIDENT  MONROE. 

The  following  is  a  brief  sketch  of  the  remarks  made  by 
Major  Henry  Hill,  U.S.A. : 

James  Monroe,  the  fifth  President  of  the  United  State,  was  de- 
scended from  the  Scotch  on  his  father's  side,  and  from  the  Welsh  on 
the  side  of  his  mother,  who  was  Elizabeth  Jones,  born  in  Westmore- 
land county,  Virginia.  Mr.  Monroe  was  born  on  the  Potomac  river, 
in  the  same  county,  on  the  28th  of  April,  1758,  where,  a  century  be- 
fore, his  paternal  ancestor,  the  Original  grantee,  resided.  lie  received 
his  education  at  William  and  Mary  College,  and  entered  the  Revolu- 
tionary army  as  a  cadet  in  1776.  He  was  soon  after  appointed  a  Lieu 
tentant,  and  joined  Washington  in  Jfew-York  in  the  summer  of  the 
same  year.  He  was  engaged  in  the  actions  at  Harlem  Heights, 
White  Plains,  the  retreat  through  the  Jerseys,  and  at  Trenton,  where 
he  received  a  ball  through  the  shoulder.  For  his  gallantry  and  zeal 
in  this  engagement,  he  was  promoted  to  a  captaincy,  and  rose  to  be 
aid-de-camp  to  Lord  Sterling,  with  the  rank  of  Major,  serving  in  that 
capacity  during  the  years  1777  and  1778,  and  distinguishing  himself 
at  Brandywine,  Germantown,  and  Monmouth.  At  Brandywine  he 
fought  by  the  side  of  Lafayette  when  that  officer  was  wounded. 

Towards  the  close  of  the  war  Gen.  Washington  conferred  upon 
him  the  rank  of  Colonel,  "  but  as  he  was  unable  to  raise  an  army  in 
Virginia,  already  exhausted  by  former  conscription,  he  devoted  him- 
self to  the  study  of  the  law,  under  Thomas  Jefferson."  His  sagacity, 
firmness  of  purpose,  and  plodding  perseverance  soon  marked  him  out 
as  one  adapted  for  civil  offices.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
Assembly  of  his  native  State  in  1782,  a  member  of  the  old  Congress 
in  1783  ;  was  again  elected  to  the  Assembly  of  Virginia  in  1787,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Virginia  Convention  in  1788.  He  was  elected 
to  the  United  States  Senate  in  1790 ;  served  until  1794,  when  he 
was  appointed  Minister  Plenipotentiary  to  France.  On  the  nomina- 
tion of  Mr.  Madison,  he  was  appointed  Governor  of  Virginia,  an 
office  which  he  held  for  three  years.  In  1803,  he  was  appointed  Minister 
Extraordinary  to  France,  to  act  in  conjunction  with  Mr.  Livingston, 
the  Minister  resident  there.  This  mission  was  of  the  greatest  conse- 
quence to  this  country,  and  terminated  in  the  acquisition  of  Louis- 
iana. The  same  year  he  was  appointed  Minister  to  London,  and  the 
next  year  Envoy  to  Spain.     In  1806,  he  was  again  sent  to  England, 


32  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

to  negotiate  in  conjunction  with  Mr,  Pinekney  with  the  Fox  Minis- 
try. In  1810,  he  was  again  elected  to  the  Assembly  of  Virginia.  In 
1811,  he  was  appointed  Secretary  of  State  by  Mr.  Madison,  and  held 
that  office  until  1814,  when,  because  the  War  Department  was  in  a 
very  embarrassed  state,  and  at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  Mr.  Madi- 
son, (against  the  advice  of  his  friends,  because  it  was  then  considered 
a  lower  grade  of  office,)  he  accepted  of  the  administration  of  tliat 
department ;  and  the  State  department  being  left  purposely  vacant, 
he  performed  the  duties  of  both  these  laborious  and  important 
branches  of  the  General  Government.  He  refused,  under  these  cir- 
cumstances, to  receive  the  higher  pay  of  Secretary  of  State.  In 
1817,  he  succeeded  James  Madison  as  President  of  the  United  States. 
In  1821,  he  was  reelected  President  by  an  almost  unanimous  vote, 
one  member  from  New-Hampshire  voting  in  favor  of  J.  Q.  Adams. 
The  Government  of  Mr.  Monroe  was  characterized  by  a  vigorous  and 
enlightened  patriotism.  He  encouraged  the  army  and  increased  the 
navy,  and  in  these  matters  his  attention  descended  to  minute  partic- 
lars.  He  caused  those  foreign  naval  expeditions  to  be  sent  out  to  the 
West-Indies,  the  Mediterranean,  the  coast  of  Africa,  and  the  shores 
of  South-America,  which  gave  instruction  to  our  officers,  augmented 
the  number  of  our  seamen,  protected  the  national  commerce,  and 
caused  the  country  to  be  universally  respected  by  distant  nations. 

He  made  vigorous  exertions  for  the  abolition  of  the  slave-trade, 
and  encouraged  the  establishment  of  the  principles  of  free  commerce 
with  all  nations.  His  resolution  to  defend  the  Independent  South- 
American  Governments  against  all  European  interference  was  bold 
and  sagacious.  He  ordered  the  coasts  to  be  accurately  surveyed, 
and  fortifications  to  be  erected  at  the  most  important  and  most  eligi- 
ble places. 

It  was  during  his  term  of  office  that  Florida  was  ceded  to  the 
United  States. 

After  his  term  of  office  as  President  of  the  United  States,  though 
very  poor,  he  refused  the  command  of  the  army  offered  to  him  by 
John  Quincy  Adams,  in  1828;  but  he  did  not  disdain  to  accept  the 
office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace,  which  gave  him  no  pay,  in  London 
county,  Virginia,  where  he  lived  a  short  time. 

His  character  was  one  of  high  impulses  of  honor  and  sterling  in- 
tegrity of  principle. 

At  the  end  of  his  second  term  as  President  of  the  United  States, 
Mr.  Monroe  retired  into  private  life,  and  died  at  New-York,  at  the 
house  of  his  son-in-law,  Mr.  Governeur,  on  the  4th  of  July,  1831,  and 
was  interred  in  a  beautiful  private  cemetery  of  his  family,  the  ccrt»- 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  33 

monies  of  his  funeral  being  conducted  by  the  city,  on  a  scale  of  great 
magnificence. 

In  the  language  of  John  Quincy  Adams : 

"Mr.  Monroe  strengthened  his  country  for  defense,  by  a  system 
of  combined  fortifications,  military  and  naval,  sustaining  her  rights, 
her  dignity  and  honor  abroad ;  soothing  her  dissensions,  and  con- 
ciliating her  acerbities  at  home ;  controlling  by  a  firm  though  peace- 
ful policy,  the  hostile  spirit  of  European  alliance  against  republican 
South-America  ;  extorting  by  the  mild  compulsion  of  reason,  the 
shores  of  the  Pacific  from  the  stipulated  acknowledgment  of  Spain  ; 
and  leading  back  the  Imperial  Autocrat  of  the  North  to  his  lawful 
boundaries,  from  his  hastily  asserted  dominion  over  the  Southern 
ocean.  Thus  strengthening  and  consolidating  the  federative  edifice 
of  his  country's  union,  till  he  was  entitled  to  say,  like  Augustus 
Caesar,  of  his  Imperial  city,  that  he  liad  found  her  built  of  brick,  and 
left  her  constructed  of  marble." 

REMAKKS  OF  COL.  PEYTON. 

When  Major  Hill  concluded  his  biographical  sketch  ot 
Mr.  Monroe,  a  call  was  made  upon  the  Virginians  present 
to  add  some  remarks  in  the  way  of  a  commentary  upon 
what  had  been  read,  but  as  there  was  no  response  from 
the  audience,  the  meeting,  at  the  suggestion  of  Dr.  Jones, 
requested  that  their  Chairman,  Col.  Wm.  M.  Peyton, 
should  respond.  Upon  which.  Col.  Peyton  rising,  re- 
marked : 

That  it  would  of  course  give  him  great  pleasure  to  contribute  all 
in  his  power  to  the  gratification  of  an  assemblage  of  Virginians. 
But,  he  said,  he  had  been  so  entirely  withdrawn  from  public  affairs 
for  many  years,  and  had  engaged  so  little  in  extemporaneous  speak- 
ing for  the  last  ten  or  fifteen,  that  he  felt  great  distrust  in  himself. 
So  much  so,  said  Mr.  Peyton,  that  even  in  the  simple  reminiscence 
and  commentary  called  for,  he  would  hardly  have  had  the  temerity 
to  take  the  floor,  but  for  the  guide-boards  afforded  him  along  the 
route  of  his  travel,  in  the  valuable  sketch  of  Mr.  Monroe's  life,  which 
had  been  just  read  to  the  meeting,  and  for  the  execution  of  which 
they  were  so  much  indebted  to  the  care,  diligence,  and  fidelity  of 
Major  Hill. 

I  listened,  said  Mr.  P.,  to  that  sketch  with  the  greatest  interest  and 
pleasure,  and  found  my  bosom  swelling  with  pride  that  its  subject 
2* 


34  REMOVAL   OF  THE   REMAINS 

vras  a  Virginian.  Under  the  glow  of  these  feelings,  said  Mr.  Pey- 
ton, with  the  pulsations  of  my  heart,  and  the  convictions  of  my 
mind  controlled  by  the  just  and  graphic  picture  of  Major  Hill,  I  will 
endeavor  to  give  expression  to  some  of  the  emotions  and  reflections 
which  animated  me  in  common,  I  have  no  doubt,  with  all  present,  as 
we  followed  Major  Hill  along  the  pathway  of  Mr.  Monroe's  life,  where 
all  the  mile-posts  were  inscribed  with  the  cardinal  virtues,  and  all  the 
guide-boards  pointed  to  his  "  country's  welfare"  as  the  great  goal 
of  a  statesman's  labors. 

It  is  a  noble  record,  gentlemen,  said  Mr.  P.,  a  spotless  escutcheon, 
under  which  every  descendant  may  proudly  write  his  name,  and  to 
which  every  statesman  may  revert  as  a  pure  fountain  of  patriotic 
inspiration. 

A  gentleman  near  me,  says  Mr.  P.,  asks  me  to  give  the  meeting  my 
personal  reminiscences  of  Mr.  Mi^nroe,  and  my  own  notions  of  him  as 
a  man  and  as  a  statesman.  This  friend,  said  Mr.  P.,  in  mistaking  me 
for  a  cotemporary  of  Mr.  Monroe,  gives  me  credit  for  a  greater  age 
than  I  am  entitled  to,  or  disposed  to  claim.  I  knew  Mr.  Monroe  only 
as  a  boy  knows  an  old  man.  I  was  just  coming  on  the  stage  of 
action,  and  he  was  passing  off.  The  effulgence  of  his  light  was  dim- 
med and  painfully  flickering  in  its  socket,  when  I  first  made  his  ac- 
quaintance. My  opinion,  therefore,  of  Mr.  Monroe  is  not  derived 
from  personal  recollection,  but  from  the  noble  record  of  which  I  have 
just  spoken — I  mean  the  record  read  by  Major  Hill. 

Mr.  Monroe,  said  Mr.  P.,  is  a  noble  representative  of  an  age  pro- 
lific in  great  men — men  who  had  passed  the  ordeal  and  been  chas- 
tened by  the  fires  of  a  revolution  on  principle.  Men  whose  ambi- 
tion was  nurtured  on  wholesome  food,  and  who,  De  Tocqueville,  the 
great  political  philosopher  of  France,  says,  would  have  been  intellect- 
ual giants  in  any  nation,  at  any  period  of  the  world. 

The  aims  of  such  men,  said  Mr.  P.,  were  always  patriotic,  and 
their  claims  to  public  favor  and  distinction  were  based  on  a  laborious, 
energetic,  enlightened,  and  faithful  administration  of  public  affairs. 
Coming  forth  from  a  revolution  in  which  they  had  pledged  to  each 
other  and  to  the  cause,  "  tlieir  lives,  their  fortunes,  and  their  sacred 
honor,"  they  set  to  work  earnestly  and  honestly  to  put  in  motion  and 
give  eflaciency  and  success  to  what  they  had  created  at  so  much  cost 
of  blood  and  treasure. 

It  was,  said  Mr.  Peyton,  in  the  midst  of  such  men,  surrounded  by 
such  circumstances,  breathing  such  an  atmosphere  of  self-sacrificing 
virtue  and  heroic  devotion,  that  Mr.  Monroe  learned  his  first  lessons 
and  had  stamped  upon  him  the  glorious  impress  of  the  age. 


OF    JAMES    MONROE.  35 

Mr.  Monroe,  said  Mr.  P.,  was  born  just  one  hundred  yeors  ago.  Of 
course,  on  the  4th  of  July,  1776,  the  natal  day  of  American  inde- 
pendence, he  was  but  a  stripling  of  seventeen  years.  He  had  just 
been  clothed  with  the  Baccalaureate  honors  of  old  William  and  Mary 
College,  in  sight  and  hearing,  if  not  within  the  very  precincts  of  the 
temple  where  the  thunders  of  Henry's  eloquence  had  first  shaken  the 
foundations  of  British  power,  and  broken  the  magic  spell  of  English 
authority. 

Having  at  so  tender  an  age,  said  Mr.  P.,  neither  the  years  nor  the 
experience  to  qualify  him  for  influence  in  the  councils  of  his  country, 
he  felt  that  he  would  be  more  useful  as  a  soldier  in  the  field.  .Ac- 
cordingly, with  that  "  reliant  modesty,"  if  I  may  use  such  an  expres- 
sion, which  marks  his  whole  career,  he  went  into  the  army  a  simple 
cadet,  which  my  friend  Major  Hill  tells  me,  differs  but  little  from  a 
common  soldier. 

Occupying  thus,  said  Mr.  P.,  an  humble  rank  in  tlie  army,  he  had 
already,  before  he  attained  his  majority,  placed  this  island  and  all  the 
coterminous  country  under  the  deepest  obligations  to  his  valor.  He 
had,  whilst  yet  in  his  "  teens,"  fought  in  the  battles  of  '•'  Harlem 
Heights"  and  "  White  Plains."  He  had  endured  the  privations  and 
sufferings  of  the  memorable  and  disastrous  retreat  across  the  Jerseys, 
led  the  van  and  been  severely  wounded  in  the  gallant  attack  on 
Trenton,  and  had  distinguished  himself  so  signally  in  the  battles  of 
Brandywine,  Monmouth,  and  Princeton,  as  to  elicit  the  admiration 
of  all,  and  secure  the  good  opinion  and  friendship  of  the  immortal 
Washington. 

Being  recommended  to  Virginia  by  Washington,  as  qualified 
for  the  command  of  a  regiment,  and  the  State  making  an  inef- 
fectual effort  to  raise  one  for  him,  he  then,  by  the  advice  and  under 
the  guidance  of  Mr.  Jefferson,  turned  his  attention  to  civil  affairs. 
In  this  path  his  success  was  but  the  counterpart  of  his  military  ca- 
reer. From  the  period  of  eligibility,  he  was  called  to  fill  first  one 
important  station  and  then  another,  advancing  step  by  step  from  a 
seat  in  the  Legislature  to  a  seat  in  Congress.  From  presiding  over 
the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia  as  Governor,  to  a  seat  in  the  United 
States  Senate.  Then  as  Minister  Plenipotentiary  to  the  Courts  of 
Fratbce,  Spain,  and  England,  when  our  government  was  just  settling 
upon  its  foundations,  and  all  its  relations  as  one  of  the  family  of  na- 
tions had  to  be  arranged,  and  that  too,  when  the  disturbing  causes 
of  the  French  Revolution  had  disjointed  every  thing  in  the  old  world, 
and  the  position  of  a  minister  could  only  be  filled  by  a  man  of  expe- 
rience, ability,  and  courage. 


36  REMOVAL    OF    THE    REMAINS 

Returning,  said  Mr.  P.,  from  these  missions  with  his  matured  diplo- 
matic wisdom,  to  fill  the  first  place  in  the  Cabinet  of  Mr.  Madison, 
and  finally,  as  the  crowning  glory  of  his  well-spent  life,  called  by 
his  fellow-citizens  to  fill  the  highest  place  in  their  gift.  I  do  not 
mean,  said  Mr.  P.,  to  weary  you  wdth  details.  It  is  not,  said  Mr.  P., 
my  purpose  to  dwell  on  the  specific  acts  or  the  policj'  of  Mr.  Mon- 
roe's public  measures ;  that  would  occupy  too  much  time,  and  would 
require  patient  preparation  to  do  it  justice.  I  prefer  for  the  present 
to  dismiss  all  that,  and  take  another  view,  in  which,  as  is  proper 
on  such  an  occasion  as  this,  all  heads  and  all  hearts  may  unite  harmo- 
niously. 

You  have  seen,  gentlemen,  said  Mr,  Peyton,  from  Major  Hill's 
sketch,  that  the  entire  life  of  Mr.  Monroe  was  spent  in  the  service  of 
his  country ;  and  when  viewed,  now  after  the  lapse  of  a  generation, 
when  the  grave  has  closed  over  the  little  bickerings  of  party  strife 
and  the  malevolence  of  rivalry,  when  time,  in  the  exercise  of  its  be- 
nevolent  influences,  has  blunted  the  sharp  edges  of  political  prejudice, 
you  will  find  all  men  agree  in  saying  that  that  modesty  which  is  so 
often  the  accompaniment  of  merit,  was  one  of  his  most  striking  cha- 
racteristics. That  the  self-sacrificing,  enduring  virtue,  the  faithful 
and  laborious  effort  to  discharge  all  public  trusts  with  strict  refer- 
ence to  the  public  good,  were  traits  to  which  he  was  justly  entitled. 

All  admit  that  he  was  unstained  by  low  and  vulgar  demagogueism. 
That  he  never  soiled  the  ermine  of  official  position  by  dragging  its 
robes  through  the  dirty  pools  of  pot-house  sewerage.  All  agree  that 
his  views  were  broad,  liberal,  and  statesmanlike  ;  while  as  the  Co- 
rinthian capital  to  the  noble  column  of  his  public  character,  sat  In- 
tegrity presiding  in  peerless  beauty,  and  pointing  to  a  long  life  spent 
in  public  trusts,  all  of  which  had  been  discharged  without  one  dollar 
sticking  to  the  palms  of  his  hands. 

Living  a  lifetime,  said  Mr.  Peyton,  in  the  full  enjoyment  of  the 
public  confidence,  without  having  in  a  single  instance  abused  that 
confidence,  and  actually  retiring  from  the  Presidency,  after  a  life- 
time of  public  service,  so  poor  that  a  friend  had  to  loan  him  a  few 
dollars  to  reach  his  humble  home  in  Virginia.  This  last  fact  I  re- " 
ceived  from  the  gentleman  himself  who  loaned  him  the  money.  He 
narrated  all  the  facts  to  me  last  night  when  we  were  dining  together, 
and  if  I  were  to  give  you  the  name  you  would  see  that  its  truthful- 
ness admitted  of  no  question.  This  is  true  Roman  virtue,  said  Mr. 
Peyton,  and  presents  an  example  of  patriotic  fidelity,  which  at  the 
present  juncture  of  our  affairs,  when  oflBices  are  valued  by  the  facili- 
ties afforded  for  spoliation,  may  offer  a  healthy  rebuke  to  the  corrup- 
tion of  the  times. 


OF   JAMES    MOXROE.  87 

As  to  the  private  life  of  Mr.  Monroe,  Mr.  Pej'ton  said  the  breath 
of  calumny  has  rarely  touched  it.  It  stands  unstained  and  above 
reproach.  His  private,  as  well  as  his  public  life,  courts  scrutiny-,  and 
is  esteemed  in  proportion  as  it  is  examined  and  understood.  It  is 
true,  he  said,  that  the  envy  and  jealousy  of  ignoble  minds  had  for  a 
while  obscured  his  fame,  but  the  steady  light  of  his  deeds  shone 
brightly  upon  his  country,  and  dissipated  the  clouds  scattered  over 
his  memory.  Tlie  silence  of  the  grave  itself  has  only  hallowed  his 
memory  and  softened  without  sullying  the  splendor  of  his  fame. 

When  ordinary  men  of  factitious  reputation  drop  into  the  grave, 
said  Mr,  P.,  the  public  remembrance  of  them  soon  dies  out.  The 
Lethean  stream  passes  over  them  and  obliterates  all  remembrance  of 
them  and  their  deeds.  But  when  men  truly  great  die,  their  loss 
sinks  deep  into  the  public  heart.  Their  acts  are  immortal,  and  after- 
generations,  when  enjoying  the  fruits  of  their  labors  and  their  genius, 
call  them  up  for  new  honors  at  their  hands — they  reembalm  them  and 
offer  up  every  tribute  of  gratitude  and  admiration.  Such  testimony, 
said  Mr.  Peyton,  was  the  best  evidence  of  true  greatness,  and  such  is 
the  testimony  in  the  present  spontaneous  outburst  of  a  great  nation 
in  their  distinguished  and  profound  homage  to  a  statesman  of  another 
age. 

Mr.  Peyton  then  drew  as  a  corollary  from  Mr.  Monroe's  life,  the 
lessons  of  virtue,  patriotism,  fidelity,  and  integrity  taught  by  it, 
contrasting  them  with  the  lamentable  deficiency  of  the  times,  and 
portraying  in  strong  colors  the  immortal  grandeur  of  the  one,  as 
contrasted  with  the  narrow  and  ignoble  baseness  of  the  other. 

We  regret  that  we  are  unable  to  follow  the  Colonel 
more  fully  to  the  close  of  his  eloquent  speech,  or  to  do 
justice  in  our  brief  report  to  the  ability  he  displayed  in 
^ts  delivery.  His  address  was  listened  to  with  profound 
attention,  interrupted  by  frequent  bursts  of  applause,  and 
at  its  conclusion  he  sat  down  amidst  the  cheers  of  all 
present. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  A.  S.  Sullivan,  a  Committee  of  seven 
was  appointed  to  wait  upon  the  Messrs.  Leland,  and 
thank  them  in  the  name  of  the  resident  Virginians  of 
New- York  for  their  extreme  liberality  in  furnishing  the 
Committee  with  all  necessary  accommodation  for  their 
meeting,  free  of  charge.  This  Committee  consisted  of 
Mr.  Sullivan,  Col.  Peyton,  Mr.  Lee,  and  Dr.  Jones,  who 


38  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 

duly  tendered  the  thanks  of  the  meeting  to  the  Messrs. 
Lelands,  Col.  Peyton  acting  as  spokesman,  to  which  Mr. 
Leland  rephed  in  a  neat  and  appropriate  manner,  express- 
in  oj  the  satisfaction  felt  by^himself  and  colleao^ues  at  beinor 
able  to  afford  a  room  for  their  meetings,  which  would  be 
at  all  times  at  their  service. 

An  adjournment  sine  die  was  then  moved  and  carried. 

After  the  meetmg  had  adjourned,  sine  die^  on  motion 
of  Dr.  Snodgrass,  another  meeting  was  forthwith  called 
and  organized,  to  consider  the  propriety  of  forming  here- 
after an  Old  Dominion  Society  in  the  city  of  Xew-York, 
for  social  and  benevolent  purposes.  Whereupon,  Colonel 
Peyton  was  called  to  the  chair,  and  William  H.  Price 
was  appointed  Secretary. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Snodgrass,  a  Committee  of  five  was 
appointed,  with  authority  to  call  a  meeting,  on  some 
future  day,  of  Virginians  and  their  descendants  resident 
in  New- York  and  its  vicinity,  for  the  purpose  of  organiz- 
ing an  Old  Dominion  Society  in  Xew-York. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  appointed,  as  follows, 
namely  :  Dr.  Snodgrass,  Robt.  H.  Gallagher,  Wm.  Bell, 
A.  R.  Wood,  Col.  Wm.  Peyton,  Wm.  H. Vrice. 

It  was  suggested  that  the  anniversaries  of  the  Society 
should  be  held  on  the  anniversary  of  the  landing  at 
Jamestown,  on  the  13th  May,  1607. 

After  some  general  conversation,  the  meeting  adjourned 
sine  die. 


Proceedings  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  New- York. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Councilmen,  held  on  the 
27th  of  May,  1858,  the  following  Message  was  received 
from  His  Honor  the  Mayor  of  the  city : 

Mayor's  Office,  New- York,  May  27,  1858. 
To  the  Honorable  the  Common  Coicncil  : 

Gentlemen  :  The  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Virginia  passed,  at 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  39 

its  last  session,  a  resolution  providing  for  the  removal  of  the  remains 
of  Ex-President  Monroe,  now  interred  in  this  city,  to  Richmond,  the 
capital  of  his  native  State. 

I  have  received,  in  connection  with  this  subject,  the  accompanying 
letters,  one  from  George  W.  Mumford,  Esq.,  Secretary  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  Legislature,  and  the  other  from  Samuel  L.  Gouverneur, 
Jr.,  Esq.,  the  grandson  of  the  late  President  Monroe,  in  relation  to 
the  disinterment  of  the  remains,  and  the  time  at  which  the  removal 
thereof  should  take  place. 

I  would  recommend  that  a  Committee  be  appointed  by  your  Hon- 
orable Body,  to  consult  with  the  authorities  of  Virginia,  and  the 
relatives  of  the  illustrous  deceased,  in  reference  thereto,  and  that 
such  measures  be  adopted  on  the  occasion  as  will  not  only  testify  the 
great  regard  of  the  citizens  of  Xew-York,  for  the  memory  of  this  de- 
parted patriot  and  sage ;  but  will  express,  at  the  same  time,  their 
deep  sympathy  with  their  brethren  of  Virginia,  in  the  pious  act  of 
placing,  within  their  own  soil,  the  ashes  of  a  distinguished  and 
honored  son. 

Daniel  F.  Tiemanx,  Afayor. 


Executive  Department,  Richmond,  May  19, 1858. 
To  THE  Honorable  Daniel  F.  Tiemann, 

Mayor  of  the  City  of  Keio-  York  : 

Sir:  Your  favor  of  the  17th  instant,  addressed  to  Mr.  William 
Mumford,  has  been  received.  Since  writing  his  letter,  he  has  re- 
ceived information,  stating  who  the  proper  representatives  of  Mr 
Monroe  are,  and  while  your  kindness,  in  offering  to  obtain  the  infor- 
mation, is  appreciated,  it  becomes  now  unnecessary. 

By  direction  of  Governor  Wise,  I  have  now  to  request  that  you 
will,  in  your  official  capacitj',  as  ^layor,  grant  the  permission  desired 
for  the  removal  of  the  remains  of  the  late  President  Monroe,  from  its 
present  place  of  interment  in  New-York,  to  the  city  of  Richmond, 
and  that  you  will  also  obtain  the  like  permission  from  your  City 
Inspector. 

It  is  desirable  that  the  representatives  and  relatives  of  the  family 
should  be  present  at  the  disinterment,  if  agreeable  to  them.  I  have 
requested  Mr.  Samuel  L.  Gouverneur,  Jr.,  who  is  the  nearest  lineal 
descendant,  to  appoint  the  time  for  the  ceremonies,  and  to  confer  with 
you  to  ascertain  what  time  will  best  suit  the  authorities  of  New-York. 

Very  respectfully,  etc., 

George  W.  MuMFORt), 

Secretary  of  the  Committee. 


40  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

Tbeasury  Departmext, 
Washington  Citj-,  D.  C,  May  21,  1858. 
Sia :  I  have  received  a  communication  from  Mr.  G.  W.  Mumford, 
Secretary  of  State  of  Virginia^,  asking  my  consent,  as  the  grandson, 
and  only  lineal  male  descendant  of  the  late  Ex-President  James 
Monroe,  to  the  removal  of  his  remains  from  the  city  of  New- York  to 
that  of  Richmond.  He  states  that  you  have  already  been  addressed 
by  him,  and  consulted  in  relation  to  the  details  concerning  the  time 
and  manner  of  the  proposed  removal.  The  action  of  tlie  Legislature 
of  Virginia  meets  my  cordial  approval,  and  it  therefore  now  only  re-  , 
mains,  (the  consent  of  the  cit}'  authorities  of  New-York  being  iirst 
obtained,)  that  you  communicate  to  Mr.  Mumford  and  myself,  the 
time  and  mode  of  removal,  which  would  be  most  pleasing  to  your- 
self. I  would  merely  suggest,  that  the  Fourth  of  Juh',  the  anniver- 
sary of  his  death,  might,  with  propriety,  be  selected  as  the  day  on 
which  his  remains  should  either  leave  Xew-York,  or  be  received  in 
Richmond. 

I  am,  Sir,  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

Samu  L.  Gouverxeur,  Jr. 
Daniel  F.  Tiemanx,  Esq., 

Mai/or  of  Keic-  York. 

In  connection  therewith,  Councilman  Judson  offered 
the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  a  Select  Committee  of  live  be  appointed,  to  confer 
with  a  like  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  (if  appointed,)  and 
his  Honor  the  Mayor,  to  make  the  necessary  arrangements  to  further 
the  object  of  removing  the  remains  of  Ex-President  James  Monroe, 
by  the  authorities  of  the  State  of  Virginia,  from  this  city  to  Rich- 
mond, Virginia,  and  that  the  Comptroller  be,  and  is  hereby  directed 
to  pay  the  expenses  thereof,  provided  that  they  do  not  exceed  the 
sum  of  ($1500)  fifteen  hundred  dollars. 

Councilman  Cross  moved  to  strike  from  the  resolution 
the  appropriation  of  money. 

Which  was  carried. 

Subsequently,  Councilman  Dunn  moved  a  reconsidera- 
tion thereof 

Which  was  carried. 

On  motion  of  Councilman  Dunn,  the  first  part  of  the 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  41 

resolution,  ending  with  the  word  "Virginia,"  was  then 
adopted. 

The  Resolution,  as  amended,  was  sent  to  the  Board  of 
Aldermen  for  concurrence.  On  reaching  that  body,  it 
was  amended  by  adding  one  thousand  dollars  to  the  fif- 
teen hundred  —  making  the  sum  twenty-five  hundred 
dollars,  for  the  purpose  of  defraying  the  expenses  of  the 
removal  of  the  Ex-President's  remains. 

The  Board  appointed  the  following  persons  a  Commit- 
tee of  five,  to  act  with  the  same  number,  on  the  part  of 
the  Common  Council,  as  a  joint  Committee  of  Arrange- 
ments, to  superintend  the  removal. 

The  Committee  named  were  : 

Thomas  AV.  Adams,         Michael  Murray, 
Michael  Tuomey,  John  Lynes, 

James  Owens. 
As  amended,  the  resolution  was  sent  back  to  the  Board 
of  Councilmen,  when  on  motion  it  was  adopted,  nem.  con., 
and  the  following  Committee  of  five  appointed  to  act, 
with  a  similar  Committee,  on  the  part  of  the  Aldermen, 
as  a  joint  Committee  of  Arrangements,  namely : 

Charles  H.  Ilaswell,        Thomas  A.  Dunn, 

George  P.  Bickford,        Cliarles  G.  Cornell, 

Seymour  A.  Bunce. 

The  joint  Committee  thus  appointed  by  the  Common 
Council,  held  a  ])reliminary  meeting  on  the  IVth  June,  at 
which  Thomas  W.  Adams  was  chosen  to  act  as  chairman, 
when,  after  the  transaction  of  some  informal  business,  the 
Committee  of  Arrangements  adjourned  to  meet  again  on 
the  19th  June. 

On  assembling  in  the  City  Hall,  at  the  time  appointed, 
Richard  Scott  was  appointed  to  act  as  Secretary  to  the 
meeting. 

After  discussing  proposed  plans  to  carry  out  the  cere- 
monies, in   a  becoming    manner,  sub-committees   were 


:  M 


42  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAIXS 

appointed  to  correspond  with  the  Virginia  authorities,  to 
consult  with  the  Mayoi',  and  investigate  the  most  suit- 
able means  for  carrying  out  the  wishes  of  the  Common 
Council,  when  the  Committee  adjourned  to  meet  again  on 
the  22d  June. 

Competition  of  the  Military  to  escort  the  Remains  to  Virginia. 

At  the  time  appointed,  June  2 2d,  the  Committee  of 
Arrangements  reassembled,  according  to  appointment. 

Alderman  Adams  presided,  and  when  the  Committee 
was  organized,  he  directed  the  Clerk  to  read  the  follow- 
ing dispatch,  received  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  Arrangements  at  Richmond.     The  Clerk  read 

as  follows : 

Richmond,  June  15,  1858. 
To  Daniel  F.  Tieman,  Mayor  of  N"ew-York  : 

The  Committee  will  remoTe  the  remains  of  President  Monroe  from 
the  cemetery  to  the  steamboat  on  the  3d  of  July  next,  at  four  o'clock 
in  the  evening.  For  this  purpose  they  will  Le  in  New- York  on  the 
26th  inst.,  and  they  will  conform  to  the  arrangements  of  the  Common 
Council  of  the  city.  GEORGE  W.  MUMFORD, 

Sec.  of  State. 

The  communication  was  ordered  to  be  placed  on  file. 

The  Chairman  now  asked  if  there  was  any  one  in  the 
room  that  desired  to  consult  with  the  Committee,  or  sub- 
mit any  proposition  for  their  consideration. 

Major  Henry  Hill,  of  the  United  States  Army,  as  Chair- 
man of  the  Committee  of  Virginians  in  New-York,  arose 
and  said  :  Mr.  Chairman :  The  object  of  the  Committee 
appointed  by  the  Virginians  of  New- York,  is  to  cooper- 
ate with  the  citizens  of  New- York  in  the  removal  of  the 
remains  of  President  Monroe  to  Richmond.  We  want 
to  have  the  views  of  the  city  of  New- York  before  we 
can  act,  and  we  now  desire  to  have  these  views  made 
known  through  this  Committee.  We  are  only  a  Com- 
mittee, however,  of  Virginians,  by  birth  or  descent,  resi- 
dent in  New- York,  and  we  desire  the  information  in  order 


OP   JA^fES    MONROE.  48 

to  be  able  to  report.    We  would  desire  to  act  as  a  guard  of 
honor,  as  pall-bearers,  or  in  some  other  like  capacity. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Committee  rei)lied  that  he  would 
lay  the  matter  before  the  Committee,  and  he  felt  assured 
that  they  Avould  afford  the  Major  all  the  information  and 
facilities  in  their  power. 

Colonel  Lyons,  of  the  Eighth  Regiment,  next  took  the 
stand.  He  said  that  he  represented  the  Eighth  Regi- 
ment and  portion  of  the  Committee  of  the  corps  who 
have  been  considering  the  present  matter.  He  would 
request  that  the  Committee  of  the  Common  Council 
would  review  the  claims  of  the  Regiment  as  the  citizens 
of  Xew-York,  and  as  that  corj)s  was  the  first  to  apply  to 
be  appointed  to  escort  the  remains  of  President  Monroe 
from  New- York  to  Virginia,  he  hoped  they  would  be  al- 
lowed the  privilege  of  forming  the  escort.  The  Regiment 
would  be  satisfied  to  defray  their  own  expenses,  if  neces- 
sary, and  would  have  the  requisite  number  of  men  which 
the  Committee  might  designate. 

Capt.  Blauvelt,  of  the  same  Regiment,  next  rose  and 
urged  the  claims  of  the  Regiment,  on  the  grounds,  first, 
that  it  is  one  of  the  oldest  corps  in  the  State  ;  secondly, 
that  they  have  not  pushed  themselves  forward  in  any 
matter  of  this  kind  for  many  years  ;  and  thirdly,  they  are 
equal  in  every  respect  to  any  Regiment  in  the  city,  except 
in  point  of  numbers. 

The  Chairman  announced  that  the  Committee  would 
take  the  matter  into  consideration. 

A  motion  was  made  to  appoint  a  Sub-Committee  of 
Arrangements. 

Considerable  argument  followed  ;  but  it  was  finally 
lost,  and  the  Committee  then  went  into  recess  for  fifteen 
minutes. 

The  recess  having  expired,  Maj.  Hill  came  again  before 
the  Committee  and  said  :  Mr.  Chairman,  I  have  conferred 
with  the  Committee  of  Virginians  at  present  in  this  build- 


44  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 

ing,  and  it  is  their  wish,  if  not  inconsistent  with  the  views 
of  the  Committee  sitting  here,  that  they  act  as  pall-bearers, 
with  a  badge,  arranged^according  to  some  form  prescribed 
by  the  Committee,  and  of  which  you  will  be  informed.  They 
have  also  appointed  a  Committee  of  four  to  consult  \sriih 
you  and  hear  your  views,  if  it  is  agreeable  to  the  Com- 
mittee now  sitting  here  that  they  should  adopt  this 
course.  We  would  like  to  know  the  result  of  your  de- 
liberations to-day  as  soon  as  possible,  in  order  that  we 
may  know  how  to  act  ourselves. 

Chairman — I  will  lay  the  matter  before  the  Committee 
and  hear  their  action. 

It  was  now  moved  that  the  number  of  pall  bearers  be 
thirty-three,  or  one  for  each  State  in  the  Union,  as  the 
whole  matter  is  one  in  which  the  nation  feels  interested. 
The  motion  was  seconded  and  adopted. 

It  was  then  moved  that  the  Virginians  in  this  city  be 
entitled  to  appoint  eight  pall-bearers  out  of  the  entire 
number. 

An  amendment  providing  that  six  be  inserted  instead 
of  eight  was  lost,  and  after  some  discussion  the  original 
motion  was  seconded  and  adopted. 

A  communication  was  received  from  the  Scott  Life 
Guard,  requesting  that  they  be  allowed  the  honor  of 
forming  the  escort  during  the  removal  of  the  remains, 
and  it  was  ordered  on  file. 

Colonel  Lefferts,  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  now  ad- 
dressed the  Committee.  He  had  nothing  to  add  to 
what  he  had  stated  to  the  Committee  at  their  first  meet- 
ing. The  Regiment  would  feel  honored  by  performing 
escort  duty  on  the  day  of  the  ceremony  in  New-York, 
and  as  to  their  j^roceeding  to  Richmond,  as  a  guard  of 
honor,  steps  had  been  taken  to  ascertain  the  views  of 
the  Regiment,  and  he  supposed  that  they  would  go.  If 
so,  a  steamer  would  be  chartered,  and  on  their  return  a 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  45 

visit  made  to  Baltimore,  and  perhaps  other  cities.  If  the 
thing  was  undertaken,  he  had  no  doubt  it  would  be 
carried  out  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  city  authorities, 
and  with  credit  to  the  Regiment. 

The  Committee  now  directed  the  Clerk  to  inform  the 
Committe  of  Virginians,  who  were  in  session  in  an  ad- 
joining room,  of  the  action  they  had  taken  regarding 
their  desire  to  be  permitted  to  act  as  pall-bearers. 

This  being  done,  they  adjourned  till  one  o'clock  on 
next  Saturday  afternoon. 

From  the  following  paragraph  in  the  Xew-York  Ex- 
press^ it  would  appear  that  the  Seventh  Regiment  intended 
carrying  out  their  patriotic  intention  of  accompanying 
the  remains  to  Richmond,  even  if  they  bad  not  been  ap- 
pointed to  that  duty  by  the  New- York  Council : 

The  National  Guard  (7th  Regiment)  intend  to  pay  the  memory  of 
James  Monroe,  Ex-President  of  the  United  States,  the  honor  of  es- 
corting his  remains  from  New-York  to  Virginia.  The  steamer  Ala- 
bama has  y>een  chartered  for  this  purpose,  and  besides  officers,  music, 
and  attendants,  about  600  of  tlie  rank  and  file  will  join  in  the  trip. 
The  departure  will  be  on  the  3d  of  July,  and  the  party  will  leave 
the  steamer  at  City  Point,  and  take  the  rail  or  small  steamers  up  to 
Richmond.  After  attending  to  the  obsequies  at  Richmond  on  the 
5th,  the  Regiment  will  return  via  Baltimore,  passing  a  day  in  the 
Monumental  City,  and  another  at  \Nrashington  and  Mount  Vernon, 
returning  to  New- York  by  water  from  Baltimore. 

The  cost  of  the  trip  will  be  about  $15,000.  Many  military  invita- 
tions have  been  sent  to  the  Regiment  here,  but  at  Richmond,  the 
capital  of  Virginia,  where  the  Governor  and  State  authorities  have 
the  matter  of  arrangement  in  charge,  it  is  supposed  that  the  New- 
Yorkers  will  be  the  guests  of  the  State  and  city.  The  military  and 
public  spirit  which  contemplate  such  a  celebration  of  a  great  day 
and  an  interesting  national  event,  is  worthy  of  all  praise. 

Saturday,  June  26th. 
The  joint  Committee  met  according  to  adjournment. 


46  EEMOVAL  OF  THE  KEMAII^S 

Alderman  Adams,  the  Chairman,  called  the  meeting  to 
order. 

The  Secretary  read  the  minutes  of  the  preceding  meet- 
ing. 

A  letter  was  read  from  Huyler  &  Putnam,  offering, 
free  of  charge,  a  metallic  burial-case  for  the  remains,  such 
as  were  used  for  Clay  and  Webster. 

The  following  letter  from  Richmond  was  then  read  : 

Richmond,  June  15,  1858. 
Hon.  Daniel  F.  Tiemann,  Mayor  of  the  City  of  New-York  : 

The  Committee  appointed  to  superintend  the  removal  of  the  re- 
mains of  President  Monroe,  have  wished  to  consult  the  proposed 
ceremonies  in  honor  of  his  memorj',  and  having  originally  intimated 
that  to  be  their  purpose  and  desire,  through  the  Secretary  of  the 
Commonwealth,  they  determined  to  suit  your  action  before  making 
any  definite  arrangements  themselves.  In  the  mean  time  the  agent 
of  the  Virginia  Steamship  Company  kindly  offered  the  steamship 
Jamestown  to  the  Committee,  and  as  Mr.  Gouverneur  had  suggested 
the  4th  of  July  as  the  day,  either  for  the  disinterment  or  reinterment 
— that  day  happening  on  Sunday,  and  the  steamer  leaving  on  the 
3d,  the  Committee  think  that  the  convenience  and  wishes  of  all  par- 
ties would  be  best  served  by  fixing  upon  Saturday  as  the  proper  day 
for  the  proposed  ceremonies.  This  arrangement,  merely  anticipat- 
ing the  celebration  of  the  4th  one  day  in  New- York,  and  delaying  it 
one  day  in  Richmond,  they  believe  would  not  materially  interfere 
with  the  usual  public  demonstrations,  and  would  satisfy  officers 
commanding  military  posts  along  the  route  of  travel ;  would  be 
agreeable  to  civil  and  military  authorities  in  Virginia,  and  alto- 
gether we  would  secure  a  more  general  and  convenient  manifesta- 
tion of  respect  for  the  memory  of  the  illustrious  dead.  With  these 
views,  our  Committee  have  accepted  the  offer  of  the  steamer  James- 
town for  the  3d,  and  with  great  deference  they  hope  that  this  ar- 
rangement will  be  agreeable  to  yourself  and  the  Committee  associated 
with  you.  They  have  made  no  programme,  and  will  cheerfully  yield 
to  the  city  authorities  of  New-York  in  any  administrations  of  respect 
they  may  think  proper  to  make  on  this  interesting  occasion.  Mr. 
Wise  and  myself  will  be  in  New- York  on  the  26th  inst.,  when  we 
will  have  the  honor  of  seeing  and  conversing  with  you  in  person. 
With  great  respect,  George  W.  Mumfobd, 

Secretary  of  State. 


OF   JAMJiS    MONllOE.  47 

After  the  coinmuuicatiou  was  read  aud  filed,  the  Sub- 
committee of  Arrangements  were  called  upon  to  report, 
and  they  stated  that  they  had  been  on  board  the  steamer 
Jamestown,  and  considered  her  w^ell  adapted  to  the  pur- 
pose for  which  she  is  offered. 

Some  discussion  then  arose  as  to  the  military  corps 
that  should  form  the  guard  and  escort.  Captain  Blauvelt 
appeared,  and  warmly  advocated  the  claims  of  the  Eighth 
Regiment,  and  Lieut.  G.  W.  Turnbull,  of  3d  Co.  N.  G., 
spoke  for  the  Seventh,  and  Colonel  Vosburgh  wished  to 
have  it  understood  that  the  Seventy-first  Regiment  has 
not  been  a  competitor  for  the  honor. 

A  resolution  to  the  effect  that  the  Eighth  Regiment 
should  form  the  guard  and  escort  was  lost. 

The  following  resolutions  were  then  offered  by  Coun- 
cilman Haswell,  and  they  were  unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  Tliat  the  Committee  accept  the  services  of  the  Eighth 
Regiment,  New-York  State  Militia,  as  an  escort  and  guard  of  lionor 
to  escort  the  remains  of  the  late  President  of  the  United  States, 
James  Monroe,  to  the  City  Hall,  till  they  are  removed  therefrom. 

Resolved,  That  this  Committee  accept  the  services  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment  New-York  State  Militia  as  an  escort  and  guard  of  honor  to 
accompany  the  remains  from  the  City  Hall  to  Richmond,  Virginia, 
provided  the  Regiment  will  bear  its  own  expenses  of  travel,  mainte- 
nance, etc. 

The  adoption  of  these  resolutions  seemed  to  give  gen- 
eral satisfaction. 

General  Sandford  now  took  a  seat  in  the  room  where 
the  Committee  were  in  session.  The  Chairman  stated 
what  action  they  had  taken  respecting  the  services  of  the 
militia,  and  expressed  himself  assured  that  it  was  with 
his  sanction  and  approval. 

General  Sandford  rose  and  said  that  the  action  af- 
forded him  pleasure,  and  as  commander  of  the  militia  it 
met  his  entire  approbation. 


48  KEMOVAL    OF    TUE    KEMA1:NS 

Some  discussion  now  took  place  as  to  the  proper  time 
of  the  day  for  the  ceremonies  to  commence. 

General  Sandford  being  iasked  for  his  opinion  on  the 
subject,  thought  that  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  would 
be  the  best  time,  as  the  heat  of  the  day  would  then  be 
over,  and  as  a  greater  number  of  people  would  have  an 
opportunity  of  witnessing  them  than  at  an  earlier  hour. 
He  believed  that  the  civil  and  military  bodies  will  be 
ready  to  move  punctually  at  the  hour  appointed,  and, 
therefore,  would  not  consider  four  o'clock  too  far  ad- 
vanced towards  the  evening. 

A  motion,  according  with  the  view  put  forward,  was 
then  made  and  carried  without  opposition. 

Adjourned  to  June  27th. 


Meeting  of  Common  Council  Committee  of  Arrangements,  at- 
tended by  a  Committee  of  Virginians,  and  the  Relatives  of  Mr. 
Monroe,  June  23d.  Speeches  of  Mr.  Gouverneur  and  Col.  Peyton. 

The  interest  taken  in  the  removal  of  President  Mon- 
roe's remains  from  this  city  to  Richmond,  Ya.,  seemed 
to  increase  among  our  citizens.  The  Committee  of 
the  Common  Council  having  the  matter  in  charge  met 
again,  and  the  room  where  the  meeting  was  held  was 
thronged  by  parties  interested  in  their  proceedings.  In 
the  mean  time,  the  Committee  of  New-York  Yirginians 
were  in  session  in  an  adjoining  room  of  the  City  Hall, 
and  the  Common  Council  Committee,  being  desirous  of 
knowing  their  views  before  they  would  conclude  their 
own  meeting,  delayed  their  proceedings  in  order  that  an 
opportunity  would  be  afforded  for  making  them  known. 
It  was  soon  announced,  however,  that  the  Committee  of 
Yirginians  would  be  present  immediately,  and  then  Al- 
derman Adams,  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee,  asked  if 
any  military  officers  were  desirous  of  being  heard,  and 
stated  at  the  same  time,  that  they  had  now  an  opportuni- 


OF   JAMES    MOXKOE.  49 

ty  of  speaking  in  reference  to  any  thing  connected  with 
the  subject  now  before  the  Committee. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Lefferts,  of  the  Seventh  Regiment 
National  Guard,  said  that  he  had  consulted  with  his  corps 
on  the  subject  of  accompanying  the  remains  of  the  de 
ceased  President  Monroe  to  Richmond,  and  had  ascer- 
tained their  sentiments  regarding  the  matter.  Meetings 
of  the  Regiment  had  been  held,  at  which  he  was  present, 
and  they  resulted  in  showing  that  a  majority  of  the  men 
were  Avilling  and  ready  to  accompany  the  remains  to 
Richmond. 

The  members  of  the  Committee  of  Virginians  and  re- 
latives of  the  deceased  now  entered  the  room,  and  the 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  in  session  said  he  was  anxious 
to  hear  what  they  or  any  of  the  relatives  of  President 
Monroe,  had  to  lay  before  the  Committee. 

Samuel  L.  Gouverneur,  son-in-law  of  President  Monroe, 
then  rose  and  delivered  the  following  address : 

Mr.  Chairman  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Committee  :  I  trust  that  there 
is  no  man  who  can  doubt  that  the  family  of  Mr.  Monroe  liave  heard 
with  deep  sensibility  of  the  honors  that  the  Common  Council,  the 
military,  and  the  citizens  generally  of  N'ew-York  have  contemplated 
conferring  on  the  memory  of  their  illustrious  relative,  James  Mon- 
i*oe.  Sir,  we  have  been  deeply  impressed  by  hearing  of  these  inten- 
tions, and  we  are  more  so,  when  we  recall  to  mind  the  associations 
of  former  days,  for  we  feel  that  the  present  expression  of  feeling  is 
only  the  reechoing  of  those  that  were  expressed  on  the  occasion  of, 
and  after,  his  death  in  New-York.  I  know  several  of  those  who  fol- 
lowed Mr.  Monroe  to  his  tomb,  and  also  that  they  can  bear  testimony 
that  the  remains  were  honored  by  the  people  of  New-York  in  a 
manner  that  was  never  surpassed.  By  this,  the  people  of  this  city 
did  honor  to  an  illustrious  American,  to  James  Monroe  as  a  states- 
man, as  President  of  the  Union,  and  they  did  honor  to  Virginia,  the 
land  of  his  birth.  When  we  took  him  to  the  grave  we  left  him  there 
for  a  time,  anticipating  that  the  State  of  Virginia  would  soon  recall 
the  remains  of  her  son  to  his  native  State.  Under  the  impression 
that  this  would  be  done,  I  myself  placed  this  simple  inscription  on 
liis  coffin,  which  may  be  seen  and  read,  if  the  vault  is  opened,  to  this 

3 


50  REMOVAL  OF  THE  KEMAIXS 

day,  namely,  "  James  Monroe,  of  Virginia."  That,  gentlemen,  was  the 
name  he  bore  while  he  lived,  that  was  the  name  he  was  known  by  when 
he  died,  and  that  is  the  name  t^at  marks  his  tenement  in  the  tomb. 
Now,  gentlemen,  I  am  about  to  state  to  you,  calmly  and  frankly,  what 
have  been  my  views  from  the  commencement  on  this  matter.  I  am  not 
insensible  to  the  remarks  and  feelings  which,  through  time  and  want 
of  a  proper  knowledge  of  the  real  character  of  James  Monroe,  have 
grown  up  adverse  to  the  honor  of  his  memory.  But  I  have  felt  that 
this  was  the  man  who  was  to  me  as  a  father,  in  my  early  days — the 
one  to  whom  I  was  then  most  attached — that  he  had  been  the  father 
whose  daughter  I  have  married  and  whose  memory  I  would  cherish ; 
in  short,  gentlemen,  I  felt  that  same  feeling  that  any  one  of  you 
would  feel,  if  you  knew  that  the  bones  of  your  father  were  to  be 
taken  up  and  carried  from  one  place  to  another.  On  the  occasion  of 
the  present  proceedings  in  relation  to  Mr.  Monroe's  remains,  gentle- 
men, my  feelings  have  been  aroused,  and  I  do  feel  that  I  would  like 
to  see  the  ceremonies  carried  out  in  the  manner  the  Common  Council 
have  proposed,  with  the  exception  of  the  removal  from  the  burying- 
place  where  he  now  lies  to  some  building  in  the  city,  to  be  after- 
wards named.  In  accordance  with  the  simple  habits  of  James  Mon- 
roe himself,  this  first  part  of  the  ceremony  should  be  done  with  all 
possible  quietness  and  without  the  most  remote  approach  to  ostenta- 
tion. I  wrote  to  the  Governor  of  New-York  State  upon  the  subject, 
and  stated  that  if  it  were  possible  the  remains  could  be  removed 
quietly,  even  to  Virginia,  I  would  like  it  to  be  done.  He  wrote 
about  the  measures  that  were  going  on  here  in  reply  to  my  letter.  I 
have  communicated  with  Governor  Wise  on  the  subject,  also ;  but  of 
course  nothing  definite  could  result  from  these  proceedings,  I 
learned  from  him,  however,  that  a  deputation  from  Virginia  would 
be  here  on  Saturday,  and  that  they  would  be  ready  to  consult  with 
the  Common  Council  of  New- York  on  the  subject,  and  that  it  was 
principally  iu  their  hands  at  that  time.  I  was  also  told  that  the 
authorities  in  Virginia  would  adopt  and  act  upon  whatever  views 
they  considered  most  consonant  to  those  of  the  Mayor  and  Common 
Council  of  New-York,  I  am  now  willing,  gentlemen,  to  leave  the 
whole  matter  with  you,  for  I  am  one  of  the  last  that  would  interfere 
with  the  ceremonies  you  propose  to  make  on  this  occasion.  You 
will  deem  every  word  I  say  on  this  subject  as  my  true  sentiment, 
when  I  inform  you  that  my  mother  was  the  sister  of  James  Monroe's 
wife,  and  that  my  mother  and  another  near  relative  now  sleep  beside 
him  in  his  tomb,  I  hail,  as  every  man  ought  to  do  at  the  present 
time,  the  public  expression  of  his  native  State  which  is  now  mani- 


OF   JAMES   MOXEOE.  51 

fested.  Now,  there  is  a  rumor  that  has  been  circulated  through  the 
public  press,  the  impression  of  which  I  would  like  to  remove.  It  is 
that  the  Virginians  had  an  idea — and  the  resolution  of  the  State  of 
Virginia  th-at  was  passed  goes  to  confirm  this — in  which  it  is  stated 
that  his  remains  have  been  placed  in  a  public  burying-place.  I  was 
astounded  when  I  heard  this,  and  I  felt,  at  the  time,  they  were  un- 
der a  wrong  impression.  Let  any  one  come  and  see  where  the  re- 
mains lie,  and  then  he  will  be  convinced  that  they  do  not  lie  in  a 
place  like  the  Potter's  Field,  but  in  as  pretty  a  little  private 
burial  place  as  there  is  in  the  world.  He  lies  there  in  a  vault 
for  which  I  paid  $500,  when  he  hardly  left  enough  after  his 
death  to  be  called  an  estate.  He  lies  next  to  my  own  mother  and 
next  to  the  nearest  relatives  he  had  in  this  world.  On  the  4th  of 
March,  1825,  Mr.  Monroe  retired  from  the  Presidency  the  second 
time.  He  could  not  give  a  better  evidence  than  he  did  during  the 
terms  in  which  the  public  trust  was  vested  in  him,  than  he  did  of  his 
honesty  when  influencing  the  affairs  of  his  nation.  I  told  Governor 
Wise  that  his  burial  here  was  no  choice  of  his  own,  but  it  was  done 
because  his  favorite  daughter  lay  here,  and  because  of  the  esteem  in 
which  he  held  and  respect  he  had  for  the  city  of  New-York.  But  at 
the  time  of  his  death  he  was  annoyed  by  discussions  concerning  mat- 
ters connected  with  this  very  same  thing,  until  the  poor  old  man  at 
length  sunk  under  the  trouble  they  caused  him,  and  died — yes,  he 
died  on  the  4th  of  July  here,  while  the  chiming  of  bells,  the  boom- 
ing of  cannon,  the  exultation  of  the  inhabitants  were  announcing  the 
anniversary  of  the  greatest  day  America  ever  saw.  At  four  o'clock 
in  the  afternoon  he  breathed  his  last.  Now,  gentlemen,  you  may 
consider  these  remarks  inapplicable  to  the  occasion  ;  but  I  feel  it  is 
the  first  time  that  the  friends  of  Monroe's  family  have  had  an  oppor- 
tunity to  express  to  the  public  their  deep  sensibility  to  the  manner 
and  particulars  of  his  death. 

When  Mr.  Gouverneur  concluded  his  address,  Colonel 
William  Peyton  arose  and  spoke  in  these  words  : 

I  am  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Virginians  appointed  to  place 
the  views  of  Mr.  Monroe's  relatives  concerning  the  manner  in  which 
they  desire  the  ceremonies  attending  the  approaching  obsequies  be- 
fore you,  with  a  view  to  meet  the  wishes  of  all  parties.  His  rela. 
tions  desire  that  his  remains  sliould  be  removed  without  any  display 
of  military  attendance  or  otherwise.  The  Committee  of  Virginians 
having  already  the  views  of  this  Committee  before  them,  have  come 


52  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

to  the  conclusion  that  it  might  be  well  to  have  the  removal  of  the 
remains  from  the  cemetery  to  the  private  house  of  his  friends  some- 
where in  or  near  Fourteentlx  street,  and  to  have  it  done  as  they 
choose,  and  then  to  give  the  body  into  the  hands  of  the  city  author- 
ities. So  far,  it  will  be  at  once  seen,  his  relatives  are  disposed  to 
award  to  the  city  of  Ifew-York  all  that  is  necessary  in  this  matter. 
The  If  ew-York  authorities  have  come  forward  in  such  a  manner  that 
it  has  become  appropriate  that  the  Virginians  should  accommodate 
themselves  to  the  ceremonies  that  may  be  adopted  by  them.  We, 
therefore,  with  this  view,  have  appointed  a  proper  number  of  pall-' 
bearers,  and  we  submit  the  rest  to  you.  I  am  requested,  further,  to 
state  that  as  soon  as  the  body  is  removed  to  the  residence  it  will  be 
entirely  for  the  city  authorities  to  determine  what  will  be  done.  The 
removing  of  the  body  from  the  vault  is  all  that  the  Committee  re- 
quire the  Common  Council  to  leave  to  the  relatives  of  the  deceased 
President  and  the  Virginians.  This  is  in  brief  what  they  desire 
should  be  done. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Common  Council  Committee  now 
rose  and  said : 

The  authorities  of  Virginia  opened  a  correspondence  with  our 
Mayor  on  the  subject  of  removing  the  remains  of  President  Monroe 
to  his  native  State,  We  believe  that  as  Mr,  ISIonroe  was  a  Virginian, 
the  authorities  of  his  native  State  had  the  first  claim  in  ever}'  way 
to  regulate  our  proceedings  so  far  as  was  consistent  in  this  matter. 
Mr.  Monroe's  remains  we  believe  to  be  the  property  of  the  nation, 
and  we  will  go  on  and  make  these  ceremonies  as  imposing  and  as 
creditable  to  the  nation  as  can  possibly  be  done. 

Samuel  L.  Gouvemeur,  Jr.,  the  grandson  of  President 
Monroe,  and  his  only  lineal  male  descendant,  said  that  he 
agreed  entirely  with  the  Common  Council  of  IN'ew-York, 
and  hoped  that  he  appreciated  their  intentions  and  mo- 
tives as  he  considers  their  actions  deserved. 


OF   JAMES   MONROE.  53 

Copy  of  a  Letter  to  Gov.  Henry  A.  "Wise,  by  Sam.  L.  Gouvemeur, 
and  published,  (in  connection  with  the  Proceedings,)  at  the  Be- 
quest of  Col.  James  Monroe,  to  whom  a  Copy  had  been  address- 
ed by  the  Author. 

Petersville,  Frederick  Co.,  Md.,  June  18,  1858. 
Henry  A.  Wise, 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Virginia  : 

Sir  :  I  have  received  a  copy  of  a  resolution  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly of  Virginia,  providing  for  "  the  removal  of  the  remains  of  James 
Monroe,  Ex-President  of  the  United  States,  from  the  public  burying- 
ground  in  the  city  of  K'ew-York,  to  the  cemetery  at  the  city  of 
Kichmond,  Virginia,  for  interment ;  provided,  that  upon  inquiry  you 
deem  it  proper,  and  such  removal  may  meet  with  the  approbation  of 
the  family." 

The  public  life  of  James  Monroe  is  written  in  the  history  of  his 
country.  The  events  of  his  private  life — few  years  indeed — are 
kno-wu  to  a  few  surviving  friends.  On  the  4th  of  March,  1825,  he 
completed  his  second  Presidential  term.  lie  soon  commenced  to 
reap  the  bitter  fruits  of  a  life  devoted  to  the  best  interests  of  his 
country,  regardless  of  his  own.  As  a  private  citizen,  he  emerged 
from  all  his  successive  public  trusts,  with  poverty  as  the  emblem  of 
his  purity,  and  the  badge  of  all  his  public  honors.  A  loan  from  a 
near  relative,  reluctantly  accepted,  realized  after  his  death,  dis- 
charged the  immediate  demands  in  Washington,  and  bore  him  and 
his  family  to  that  residence  in  which  he  had  fondly  hoped  to  end  his 
days.  Pressed,  to  a  melancholy  degree,  by  debts,  almost  impercepti- 
bly accumulated  by  time,  with  the  occasional  relief  which  two 
young  relatives  could  afford,  he  struggled  manfully  with  adversity 
for  about  five  years.  In  the  unexpected  death  of  his  devoted  wife, 
in  September,  1830,  he  realized  the  fact  that  his  cup  of  earthly  sor- 
rows was  full  to  the  brim.  She  had,  with  enviable  graces  of  person 
aud  mind,  adorned  every  public  position  he  ever  held.  She  had 
nobly  participated  in  all  his  troubles,  and  with  her  sudden  loss,  all 
the  hopes  of  his  declining  years  faded  rapidly  before  him.  A  consti- 
tution of  great  original  vigor  exhibited  symptoms  of  decided  decay, 
and  a  mind  nobly  endowed  in  active  sympathy,  of  gradual  decline. 
His  removal  to  New-York  was  the  result  of  stern  necessity,  not  of 
choice.  At  the  solicitation  of  his  family,  in  the  residence  of  his 
youngest  daughter,  and  in  the  society  of  his  wife's  relatives,  herself 
a  native  of  that  city,  he  found  all  the  beautiful  sympathies  which 
earth  affords.  His  presence  commanded  universal  respect.  Public 
meetings  gave  a  new  impulse  to  prompt  action  in  Congress  upon 


54  EEMOYAL  OF  THE  REMATXS 

those  claims  ■which,  in  deep  conviction  of  their  justice,  he  had  made 
upon  his  country.  In  daily  anxious  suspense  he  awaited  their  deci- 
sion. The  partial  allowance  iU  made  came  too  late  for  him.  Post- 
ponements and  angry  debates,  marked  by  that  bitterness  of  party 
politics  which  ever  seeks  a  shining  mark,  had  broken  down  his  noble 
spirit.  The  exhausted  energies  of  nature  could  rise  no  more.  On 
the  4th  of  July,  1831,  amidst  all  the  exulting  evidences  of  national 
pride  which  mark  that  day,  associated  now  with  the  deaths  of  Adams, 
Jefferson,  and  Monroe,  in  humble  resignation  to  Divine  will,  without 
a  groan  or  a  sigh,  he  ceased  to  live  on  earth. 

Let  not  the  people  of  Virginia  believe  that  his  honored  remains 
were  treated  with  neglect.  In  no  "  public  burying-ground,"  in  no 
"  borrowed  tomb,"  do  they  lie.  In  a  vault,  originally  purchased  by 
his  daughters,  in  a  beautiful  private  "cemetery,"  surrounded  by 
many  of  the  most  respectable  and  virtuous  of  his  day,  they  have 
awaited  the  call  of  his  native  State.  Two  sisters  of  his  wife,  one  my 
own  dear  mother,  with  others,  relatives  of  her  family,  have  slept 
around  him. 

His  death  excited  profound  sympathy.  The  city  authorities  of 
New-York  asked  not  the  right  to  honor  his  memory,  but  the  favor 
to  be  permitted,  with  appropriate  ceremonies,  to  bury  him  at  the 
public  cost.  His  body  was  attended  by  a  train  of  mourning  relatives 
and  friends  from  the  humble  dwelling  where  he  died,  through  streets 
hung  with  emblems  of  public  sorrow,  to  the  City  Hall.  A  noble 
tribute  to  his  worth,  from  eloquent  lips,  lately  closed  forever,  was 
pronounced  over  it  in  the  City  Park.  Funeral  services  before  the 
assembled  clergy,  in  one  of  the  most  venerable  churches,  were  per- 
formed by  the  presiding  bishop  ;  a  procession,  civil  and  military,  of 
countless  numbers,  witnessed  the  whole  population  of  a  city  draped 
in  mourning,  and  hushed  into  solemn  silence,  save  when  the  plaintive 
dirge  told  the  sad  office  they  performed,  bore  him  to  his  tomb.  Other 
similar  spectacles  may  have  exceeded  this  in  gorgeous  display,  but 
in  imposing  solemnity  it  never  was  surpassed, 

"When  his  remains  shall  again  be  brought  to  light,  you  will  find 
them  distinguished  by  these  few  simple  words  :  "  James  Monroe,  of 
Virginia,  4th  July,  1831 ;  aged  seventy-two  years."  They  pointed 
significantly  to  his  native  State.  To  her  soil  he  was  devoted ;  and 
to  her  people  he  was  ardently  attached.  "To them,"  did  he  say,  "  I 
owe  every  thing.  They  never  failed  to  stand  by  me.  They  will,  one 
day  yet,  do  justice  to  my  memor3\"  That  day  has  dawned ;  his 
words  are  verified.  If  the  sentiment  your  action  announces  has  been 
slow  in  expression,  it  will  be  rapid  in   progress.     Wlien  "  the  re- 


OF   JAMES    3I0XK0E.  55 

mains"  of  James  Monroe  shall  have  been  deposited  in  his  native  soil, 
it  will  expand  with  time.  His  public  and  private  virtues  will  yet 
be  estimated  at  their  real  worth. 

Of  the  personal  family  associates  of  Mr.  Monroe,  Mr.  Augustin 
Monroe,  and  Mr.  James  Monroe,  his  nephews,  and  myself,  his  son-in- 
law,  only  survive.  He  left  four  grandchildren,  of  whom  three,  the 
children  of  his  younger  daughter,  are  living.  The  youngest,  Mr. 
S.  L.  Gouverneur,  Jr.,  has,  I  learn  from  him,  spoken  for  himself,  and 
approves  the  removal.  His  eldest  grandson,  who  bears  his  name, 
deeply  afflicted  by  Providence,  speaks  through  me.  His  only  grand- 
daughter will  abide  my  action.  Representing  these  interests,  the 
memory  of  my  late  wife,  sole  executor  of  Mr.  Monroe,  and  possessed 
of  his  wishes,  in  regard  to  the  final  disposition  of  his  body,  I  trust  I 
do  not  exceed  the  bounds  of  delicacy  or  strict  propriety  in  addressing 
myself  to  you.  We  approve  "the  removal,"  but  respectfully  suggest 
our  wishes  in  regard  to  it.  The  long  period  during  which  "  the  re- 
mains have  mouldered  in  the  tomb,"  the  season  of  the  year,  and  other 
considerations,  urge  upon  us  the  wish  that  it  may  be  effected  with 
as  little  display  a^s  possible,  and  without  any  unnecessary  expense  to 
the  people  of  your  State.  This  we  deem  most  in  conformity  with 
the  character  of  our  institutions,  and  the  simple  habits  of  life  of  the 
deceased.  In  the  language  of  the  resolution  making  the  appropria- 
tion, only  "  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,"  will  be  expended 
in. effecting  the  removal,  and  the  balance  will  be  disposed  of  as  the 
authorities  of  your  State  may  deem  proper. 

Should  you  concur,  as  I  hope  you  will,  I  will  invite  my  son  to  ac- 
company me  at  an  early  day  to  New-York.  He  will  personally 
superintend  the  disinterment  of  the  remains  in  the  presence  of  all  the 
members  of  the  family  who  may  be  pleased  to  attend.  They  will,  in 
due  form,  be  delivered  to  the  charge  of  the  persons  selected  by  you, 
and  an  equal  number  of  the  nearest  relatives  of  the  deceased,  to  be 
conveyed  to  Richmond  for  interment,  as  you  may  direct.  I  am.  Sir, 
respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

Saml.  L.  Gouvekneur. 

It  is  due,  in  reference  to  the  above  letter,  to  state,  as 
we  do,  on  the  authority  of  its  author  and  recipient,  rela- 
tives of  the  late  Ex-President  Monroe,  that  they,  on  con- 
sultation with  a  Committee  of  Virginians  resident  in  New- 
York,  with  some  slight  modification  of  the  programme,  so 
far  as  regards  the  mode  of  disinterment,  nobly  yielded 
theii'   previously-expressed   preferences  on  the    subject. 


56  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 

This  result  was  jointly  communicated  by  them,  and  the 
Committee  of  Virginians,  to  the  meeting  of  the  Commit- 
tee of  Arrangements  on  th^e  part  of  the  Common  Council 
when  in  session,  an  account  of  which  appears  in  the  fore- 
going pages.  The  civic  and  military  honors  were  duly 
appointed  to  take  place  as  proposed,  in  a  grand  proces- 
sion, on  July  3,  from  a  private  residence  or  church 
in  Fourteenth  street,  or  in  that  neighborhood,  to  the 
steamship  Jamestown,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Battery. 

It  is  proper  also  to  state,  that  in  the  temporary  absence 
of  Governor  Wise,  of  Virginia,  Mr.  Wm.  Mumford,  and 
Mr.  O.  J.  Wise,  the  committee  delegated  by  the  Legisla- 
ture of  Virginia,  to  visit  Xew-York,  and  to  receive  the 
remains  of  Ex-President  Monroe,  replied  to  the  above 
letter,  and  expressed  their  desire,  as  far  as  practicable,  to 
conform  both  to  the  wishes  of  the  relatives  of  the  de- 
ceased, and  to  the  arrangements  proposed  to  be  carried 
out  by  the  city  authorities,  and  the  Virginians  resident 
here,  who  proposed  to  join,  under  their  direction,  the 
citizens  of  New- York,  in  duly  honoring  the  remains  of 
one  who,  by  his  pubhc  services,  had  endeared  himself  to 
the  whole  nation. 


Arrival  of  the  Committee  from  Virginia— Meeting  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  Common  Council— The  Pall-Bearers  appointed— 
Their  Names  —  The  Fifty-Fifth  Regiment  competing  for  the 
Escort,  etc.,  etc. 

June  28th. 

The  Common  Council  Committee  on  the  removal  of 
President  Monroe's  remains,  held,  another  meeting  this 
afternoon. 

Alderman  Adams  called  on  Mr.  Scott,  the  Secretary, 
to  report  any  thing  of  interest  that  came  to  his  knowledge 
since  their  last  meetinor. 

The  Secretary  reported  as  follows :   I  called  on  the 


OF   JAMES   MONROE.  57 

agent  of  the  steamer  Jamestown  on  Sunday  evening,  but 
only  succeeded  in  finding  the  book-keeper  and  clerk  at 
the  office,  and  asked  them  what  was  meant  by  the  offer 
of  the  steamer,  as  to  whether  more  than  the  remains  of 
the  President  were  to  be  conveyed  in  it,  and  they  said 
that  they  had  their  information  by  means  of  a  letter  from 
Virginia,  and  from  it  they  inferred  that  the  proposed  ar- 
rangements only  meant  the  carrying  of  the  remains  of 
President  Monroe  and  the  Committee  of  the  Common 
Council.  I  subsequently  saw  Mr.  Greenway,  one  of  the 
agents,  and  he  said  he  had  been  absent  from  the  city  for 
the  past  few  months,  and  was  not  aware  of  the  matter  in 
question  at  all,  but  from  what  information  he  could  ob- 
tain, he  believed  the  Jamestown  was  only  offered  to  con- 
vey the  remains  of  the  President  and  the  Committee  of 
the  Common  Council.  He  said,  however,  that  he  would 
write  to  Mr.  Ludlam  in  Virginia,  who  has  control  of  the 
matter,  and  then  he  will  have  positive  information  on  the 
subject.  He  spoke  of  the  guests  of  the  Common  Coun- 
cil, and  said  he  thought  that  they  w^ould  have  to  pay 
their  own  way  if  they  went  on  the  steamer.  As  to  the 
number  of  passengers  they  are  able  to  accommodate,  I 
was  told  that  they  usually  convey  from  sixty  to  eighty, 
but  accommodations  might  be  made  ready  for  two  hun- 
dred or  more. 

A  motion  to  lay  the  subject  over  for  the  present  was 
adopted. 

The  Secretary  was  then  directed  to  read  any  commu- 
nications which  he  might  have  received.  He  read  the 
following  from  Col.  Le  Gal,  of  the  Fifty-fifth  Regiment 
New-York  Militia : 

Head-Quarters  Fifty-fifth  Regiment,  June  27,  1858. 
To  Richard  Scott,  Esq.,  New- York  : 

Dear  Sir  :  I  beg  to  offer  the  services  of  the  Fifty-fifth  Regiment 
for  the  honor  of  escorting  the  remains  of  President  Monroe  from  the 
place  of  interment  in  this  city  to  the  vessel  which  is  to  convey  them 
3* 


68  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAIXS 

to  his  native  State.     Soliciting  that  your  Committee  -will  favor  my 
request,  I  have  the  honor  to  be  your  obedient  servant, 

\  Eugene  Le  Gal, 

Col.  Commanding  the  Fifty-fifth  Regiment. 

It  was  remarked  that  the  communication  was  received 
rather  too  late,  and  a  motion  ordering  it  to  be  placed  on 
file  was  adopted. 

A  communication  from  Col.  Duryea,  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment,  was  then  read  : 

IS'Evr-yoRK,  June  28,  1858. 
To  Richard  Scott  : 

Dear  Sir:  The  Seventh  Regiment  have  chartered  the  steamer 
Ericsson  to  depart  at  twelve  o'clock  on  Saturday  morning,  the  3d  of 
July.  Please  have  the  goodness  so  to  shape  matters  that  we  may 
depart  at  that  time.  By  this  arrangement  my  men  will  obtain  a 
good  night's  rest,  and  be  in  good  condition  for  parade  in  Richmond. 
Truly  yours,  A.  Duryea,  Col.  Seventh  Regiment. 

One  of  the  Committee  said  that  he  saw  no  reason  why 
the  arrangement  regarding  the  hour  of  departure  could 
not  be  fixed  to  answer  the  convenience  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment.  Most  of  the  other  members  of  the  Committee 
agreed  with  this  opinion,  and  the  communication  was  laid 
over  for  further  consideration. 

The  next  communication  was  one  from  Major  Henry 
Hill,  of  the  United  States  Army,  submitting  the  names 
of  the  pall-bearers  appointed  by  the  Virginians  in  New- 
York. 

Lieut-Gen.  Winfield  Scott,  Robert  Blow,  Esq., 

Major  Henry  Hill,  U.S.A.,  E.  M.  Greenway, 

Howell  L.  Williams,  Col.  "William  M.  Peyton, 

James  Monroe  Minor,  M.D.,  James  P.  Soutter,  Esq. 

To  Mr.  Adams,  Chairman  of  the  Joint  Commttiee  of  the  Common 

Council  : 

Dear  Sir  :  Above  I  have  furnished  the  names  of  the  eight  pall- 
bearers appointed  by  the  Virginians  in  New-York,  to  oflSciate  on  the 


OF   JAMES    JIOXROE.  69 

occasion  of  the  ceremonies  of  the  removal  of  President  Monroe's  re- 
mains. Yery  respectfully  yours,  Hexrt  Hill, 

Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  the  Virginians  in  NeTv-York. 
June  25,  1858. 

The  communication  was  ordered  on  file. 

In  reference  to  the  place  to  which  the  remains  were  to 
be  first  removed  after  they  were  disinterred,  it  appeared 
that  the  Committee  of  the  Common  Council  at  one  of 
their  private  sessions,  passed  a  resolution  providing  that 
the  remains  should  be  first  deposited  in  a  private  house 
of  some  member  of  the  Monroe  family  in  this  city,  and 
that  their  action  was  communicated  to  Samuel  Gouver- 
neur,  Jr.,  the  grandson  of  President  Monroe,  and  his  only- 
lineal  male  descendant  now  living,  who  thereupon  ad- 
dressed the  following  letter  on  the  subject  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Committee  of  the  Common  Council : 

New- York,  June  28,  1858. 

Sir  :  In  reply  to  your  communication  of  this  morning,  inclosing 
certain  resolutions  of  the  Special  Committee  of  the  Common  Council, 
I  -would  state  that  I  came  to  Xew-York  on  the  invitation  of  Governor 
Wise,  of  Virginia,  expressed  through  Mr.  G.  W.  Mumford,  Secretary 
of  State,  to  he  present  on  the  occasion  of  the  removal  of  the  remains 
of  my  grandfather  to  the  soil  of  his  native  State.  Since  my  arrival 
I  have  met  your  Committee,  when  I  distinctly  expressed  my  appro- 
val of  the  action  of  the  corporate  authorities  of  this  city,  and  of  your 
Committee.  The  other  relatives  and  connections  of  Mr.  Monroe  have, 
I  learn,  also  agreed  to  the  arrangements  proposed  by  you.  To  one 
point  alone  I  would  call  attention  :  it  is  proposed  that  the  remains 
shall  he  disinterred  and  taken  to  "  some  private  residence  in  the 
upper  part  of  the  city." 

I  have  no  knowledge  of  any  relative  of  Mr.  Monroe  residing  here, 
nor  do  I  know  of  any  one  to  whom  this  trust  could  he  confided  with 
the  same  propriety  as  to  the  citizen  soldiery  of  New-York.  As  was 
remarked  by  the  Chairman  of  your  Committee  :  "  The  ashes  of  Mr. 
Monroe  belong  to  his  country,  the  city  of  New-York  should  transfer 
them  to  Virginia,  and  they  should  pass  through  the  hands  of  no  in- 
different third  party."  To  the  regiments  delegated  by  the  authorities 
of  New-York  I  would,  therefore,  commit,  as  a  sacred  trust,  the  entire 
charge  of  the  remains,  to  be  guarded  by  tlioni  in  the  Hall  of  the  city 


60  REMOVAL    OF    THE   REMAINS 

from  the  period  they  are  disinterred  until  transferred  to  the  Cora* 
mitte  appointed  by  the  State  of  Virginia  to  receive  them. 

I  would  add,  however,  that  \iaving  entire  confidenee  in  the  wis- 
dom and  experience  of  your  Committee,  whatever  arrangements  may 
be  made  by  them  will  meet  my  full  approval. 

I  am,  sir,  respectfully,  etc., 

Samuel  L.  Gouverxeur,  Jr. 
Richard  Scott,  Esq.,  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  Committee. 

This  communicatioii  was  ordered  to  be  placed  on  file. 

The  following  orders  have  been  issued  by  Lieutenant- 
General  Scott  for  military  honors  to  the  remains  of  Presi- 
dent Monroe  : 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  NO.  16. 

Head-Quarters  of  the  Army,  June  26,  1858. 

It  being  understood  that  the  remains  of  the  illustrious  Monroe, 
some  time  President  of  the  United  States,  will  about  the  3d  proximo 
be  shipped  at  New-York  for  Richmond,  Virginia,  the  commanding 
oflEicers  of  Forts  Columbus,  Hamilton,  and  Monroe  will  each  be  on  the 
look-out,  and  in  succession,  as  the  steamer  containing  the  remains  is 
discovered  to  be  within  five  miles  of  the  post,  (if  the  sun  be  above  the 
horizon,)  lower  his  flag  to  half-mast,  commence  firing  minute-guns, 
and  continue  these  honors  until  the  vessel  shall  have  passed  to  a  like 
distance  beyond  the  fort. 

By  command  of  Brevet  Lieutenant-Gencral  Scott, 

Irvin  McDowell,  Assistant  Adj. -Gen. 

From  these  orders  it  will  at  once  be  seen  that  the 
honors  were  not  to  be  confined  to  this  city,  but  that  the 
citizens  of  other  places  along  the  route  of  travel  were  also 
to  be  afforded  an  opportunity  of  expressing  their  senti- 
ments regarding  the  esteem  in  Avhich  they  held  the 
memory  of  James  Monroe. 


OF   JAMES   MONROE.  61 

John  Cochrane  accepts  the  Invitation  to  act  as  Orator— Complete 
List  of  the  Pall-Bearers— Invitation  to  Mayor  Tiemann,  both 
Branches  of  the  Common  Council,  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  and 
Heads  of  Departments,  to  participate  in  the  Ceremonies,  etc.,  etc. 

The  Committee  of  the  Common  Council  on  the  re- 
moval of  President  Monroe's  remains,  held  another  meet- 
ing at  five  o'clock  P.M.,  June  30. 

The  Clerk  was  directed  to  read  any  communications 
that  had  been  received. 

The  first  was  one  from  Lieut.-Col.  Lefi*erts,  inviting  the 
Committee  to  accompany  the  Regiment  on  board  the 
Ericsson  from  Xew-York  to  Richmond. 

It  was  laid  over. 

The  next  communication  read  was  from  the  Committee 
delegated  by  the  Governor  of  Virginia,  now  in  the  city, 
and  which  read  thus  : 

N"ew-York  Hotel,  June  29,  1858. 
Sir:  The  undersigned  Committee  have  received  orders  from  the 
Governor  of  Yirginia,  instructing  them  to  take  charge  of  the  remains 
of  President  Monroe  ;  and  this  Committee  propose  to  do  so  as  soon  as 
the  remains  shall  be  placed  on  board  the  steamer  Jamestown.  The 
Committee  is  also  instructed  to  inform  the  gentlemen  of  the  Commit- 
tee appointed  by  the  Common  Council  of  New- York,  to  accompany 
the  remains  to  Richmond,  that  arrangements  liave  been  made  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  last-mentioned  Committee  on  board  the  James- 
town, where  they  will  be  received  and  entertained  as  the  guests  of 
the  State  of  Yirginia.  The  undersigned  add  their  earnest  wishes 
that  the  gentleman  of  the  Committee  may  kindly  accept  the  invita- 
tion thus  extended. 

Yery  respectfully, 

O.  Jexxikgs  Wise, 
"Wm.  Mumford. 
To  Mr.  Alderman  Adams,  Chairman  of  the  Joint  Committee   of  the 
Common  Council  of  New- York. 

This  communication  was  also  laid  over. 

The  Clerk  then  read  a  copy  of  a  division  order  for  the 
occasion  of  the  Monroe  obsequies,  which  had  been  issued 
by  General  Sandford  ;  in  the  following  words  : 


62  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 


DIVISION   OKDER,  NO.  6. 

Head-cH^arters,  First  Divisiox  N.  Y.  S.  M., 
New-York,  June  29,  1858. 

Pursuant  to  a  resolution  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of 
New-York,  through  their  Committee  of  Arrangements,  a  detachment 
of  this  division  will  parade  on  Friday  next,  the  2d  of  July,  to  escort 
the  remains  of  Ex-President  Monroe  from  Fourteenth  street  to  City 
Hall  Park. 

Brigadier  General  Spicer  will  detail  the  Seventj'-first  Regiment 
and  a  squadron  of  caval  ry  from  the  First  Brigade. 

Brigadier-General  Yates  will  detail  six  pieces  of  light  artillery. 

Brigadier-General  Hall  will  detail  the  Eighth  Regiment. 

Brigadier-General  Ewen  will  detail  a  regiment  from  the  Fourth 
Brigade. 

Tlie  detachment  will  be  under  the  command  of  Brigadier-General 
Hall,  and  will  form  the  line  on  the  west  side  of  the  Fifth  avenue, 
with  the  right  resting  on  Fourteenth  street,  at  half-past  three  o'clock 
precisely. 

The  officers  of  the  division,  not  on  duty  with  the  detachment,  will 
assemble  on  the  same  day,  at  half-past  three  o'clock,  in  full  uniform, 
dismounted,  with  the  usual  badges  of  mourning,  on  the  west  side  of 
Seventh  avenue,  south  of  Fourteenth  street. 

The  line  of  march  will  be  through  Fourteenth  street  to  Broadway, 
down  Broadway  to  the  City  Hall,  when  the  remains  will  be  deposit- 
ed in  the  Governor's  room,  under  the  charge  of  the  Eighth  Regiment, 
until  the  departure  of  the  steamer  on  Saturday. 

The  Eighth  Regiment  is  detailed  as  a  special  escort  to  the  remains 
of  Ex-President  Monroe  on  Friday  ;  and  the  Seventh  Regiment  as  a 
special  escort  on  Saturday,  and  until  the  mortal  remains  of  the  sol- 
dier and  statesman  are  delivered  to  the  authorities  <ff  his  native  State. 
By  order  of  Major-General  Sandford. 

C.  H,  Sandford,  Division  Quarter-master. 

A  copy  of  the  above  order  was  placed  on  file  by  the  di- 
rection of  the  Chairman. 

A.  S.  Sullivan,  one  of  the  Members  of  the  Committee 
of  Virginians  in  Xew-York,  being  present,  Alderman 
Adams  asked  him  if  he  was  desirous  of  being  heard  by 
the  Committee.  Mr.  Sullivan  stated  that  the  Virginian 
Committee  had  obtained  permission  to  deposit  the  re- 


OF   JAMES   MONROE.  63 

mains  of  Mr.  Monroe  in  Grace  Church,  when  they  were 
removed  from  the  cemetery. 

One  of  the  members  of  the  Committee  suggested  that 
the  Church  of  the  Annunciation,  in  Fourteenth  street, 
would  be  more  convenient  for  the  military  than  Grace 
Church,  and  Mr.  Sullivan  thereupon  promised  to  use  his 
influence  to  have  the  use  of  it  obtained,  instead  of  that 
of  Grace  Church. 

The  Chairman  stated,  that  as  the  names  of  the  pall- 
bearers are  now  all  known  and  approved  by  the  Commit- 
tee, it  would  be  well  for  the  Clerk,  to  announce  them. 
The  following  is,  therefore,  a  complete  list  of  the  thirty- 
three  pall-bearers  who  have  been  appointed  : 
Lieut.-Gen.  "Winfield  Scott,  Isaac  O.  Barker, 

Augustus  Schell,  Joseph  V.  Varnura, 

Gen.  Richard  Varick  de  Witt,         Thomas  C.  Fields, 
Peter  Cooper,  Howell  L.  Williams, 

William  F.  Havemeyer,  Robert  Blow, 

Anthony  Tiemann,  Major  Henry  Hill, 

James  Soutter,  E.  M.  Greenway, 

John  Kelly,  M.C.,  J.  Watson  Webb, 

Ambrose  C.  Kingsland,  John  S.  Giles. 

Col.  William  M.  Peyton,  Elijah  F.  Purdy, 

John  W.  Avery,  Homer  Franklin, 

Reuben  Withers,  James  Leonard, 

John  W.  Avery,  Andrew  V.  Stout, 

George  Wilkes,  Clarkson  Crolius, 

Elias  F.  De  Forrest,  William  M.  Tweed, 

Dr.  James  M.  Minor,  Nelson  G.  Waterbury, 

George  H.  Purser. 

The  above  list  gives  the  name  of  every  pall-bearer  that 
will  take  part  in  the  obsequies,  including  those  appointed 
by  the  Committee  of  the  Common  Council,  and  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  New-York  Virginians. 

When  the  names  were  read,  one  of  the  members  of 
the  Committee  offered  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  invitations  be  extended  by  this  Committee  to  His 
Honor  Mavor  Tiemann,  and  the  members  of  both  branches  of  the 


64  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 

Common  Council,  the  heads  of  departments,  and  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors of  this  city,  to  assemble  at  the  City  Hall  next  Friday  afternoon 
at  two  o'clock,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  part  in  the  funeral  ceremo- 
nies attending  the  removal  of  the  remains  of  President  Monroe  to 
Richmond. 

The  resolution  was  unanimously  seconded  and  adopted. 

A  motion  directing  that  the  pall-bearers  be  furnished 
with  scarfs,  gloves,  etc.,  was  likewise  adopted. 

The  Committee  then  adjourned  their  pubUc  meeting 
till  to-day  at  four  o'clock  P.M.,  when  it  is  expected  that 
the  programme  will  be  completed. 

The  Committee  then  went  into  private  session,  after 
which  they  adjourned. 

The  Chairman  stated  that  John  Cochrane  had  been 
selected  as  the  orator  on  the  occasion  of  delivering  the 
remains  over  into  the  hands  of  the  authorities  in  Rich- 
mond, and  that  he  has  accepted  the  invitation.  In  their 
private  session,  the  Committee  also  agreed  to  accept  the 
invitation  of  the  Virginian  Committee,  to  accompany 
them  on  board  the  Jamestown  to  Richmond. 


The  Mayors  and  Common  Councils  of  Brooklyn,  Jersey  City,  and 
Hoboken,  and  the  Officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy,  and  all  the 
Government  Officials  in  New- York,  to  be  invited  to  participate 
in  the  Obsequies— New- York  City  to  be  wrapt  in  Mourning. 

The  meeting  commenced  at  four  o'clock. 

Alderman  Adams  asked  the  Clerk  if  he  had  any  inform- 
ation to  communicate. 

The  Secretary  replied  that  Peter  Cooper  had  come  to 
the  Mayor's  office  to  inform  him  that  the  Cooper  Insti- 
tute would  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Committee 
next  Friday,  where  he  thought  that  the  meeting  of  the 
paU-bearers,   the    judges,    the    heads    of   departments, 


OF   JAMES   MONROE.  65 

Mayor  Tiemann,  and  the  Common  Council,  together  with 
the  other  city  officials  who  may  be  invited  to  take  part 
in  the  obsequies,  might  assemble,  instead  of  at  the  City 
Hall. 

The  Committee  now  rescinded  the  motion  which  they 
had  previously  adopted  invitmg  the  above-mentioned 
dignitaries  to  meet  at  the  City  Hall,  to  take  part  in  the 
approaching  ceremonies,  and  adopted  two  motions  in- 
stead of  it,  namely,  one  accepting  the  offer  of  Peter 
Cooper,  and  the  other  calling  the  meeting  at  the  Cooper 
Institute  at  half  past  two  o'clock  on  Friday,  instead  of  at 
the  City  Hall  half  an  hour  earlier. 

A  motion  providing  that  a  Committee  of  Reception  be 
appointed  to  receive  those  to  whom  invitations  are  ex- 
tended to  meet  at  the  Cooper  Institute,  was  adopted,  and 
a  committee  of  three  accordingly  appointed. 

A.  S.  Sullivan,  of  the  Virginian  Committee,  stated  that 
either  the  Church  of  the  Annunciation  or  Grace  Church, 
whichever  w^as  according  to  the  desire  of  the  Commit- 
tee, could  be  obtained  for  depositing  the  remains  of 
President  Monroe  in,  when  they  are  removed  from  the 
cemetery. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Committee  consulted  with  Briga- 
dier-General Hall,  who  was  present,  as  to  which  would 
be  the  most  convenient  for  the  military.  The  General 
was  of  opinion  that  one  place  would  be  of  as  much  con- 
venience for  them  as  the  other,  and  the  Committee  then 
decided  to  select  the  Church  of  the  Annunciation,  in  Four- 
teenth street. 

It  was  moved  that  all  the  regiments  that  will  take  part 
in  the  obsequies,  be  directed  to  send  their  standards  to 
Mr.  Wilson,  the  undertaker,  within  twenty-four  hours,  in 
order  to  have  them  draped  in  mourning. 

The  motion  was  carried. 

The  next  motion  was  o.^e  to  direct  Police  Superintend- 
ent Tallmadge  to  detail  a  sufficient  police  force  to  attend 


66  REMOVAL  OF  THE  EEMAIXS 

at  the  ceremonies  in  this  city — and  this  motion  was  also 
adopted. 

On  motion,  a  committee  of  three  was  appointed  to  pro- 
vide refreshments  for  the  standing  guard  at  the  City  Hall 
that  will  have  charge  of  the  remains  when  they  are  re- 
moved from  the  church  to  that  building. 

A  resolution  directing  that  invitations  be  extended  to 
the  Mayors  and  Common  Councils  of  Brooklyn,  Jersey 
City,  and  Hoboken  to  come  to  this  city  and  take  part  in 
the  obsequies  of  President  Monroe,  on  the  occasion  of 
the  removal  of  his  remains,  Avas  offered  and  at  once 
adopted  unanimously. 

The  next  resolution  offered  was  one  inviting  the  offi- 
cers of  the  army  and  navy  in  this  city  and  Brooklyn,  and 
all  the  government  officers,  to  participate  in  the  funeral 
rites  of  President  Monroe  when  they  take  place  in  Xew- 
York.  Like  the  resolution  which  preceded  it,  this  one 
was  also  unanimously  adoj^ted. 

A  resolution  ordering  that  the  masters  of  all  the  ships 
in  the  harbor  and  the  proprietors  of  pubUc  buildings  be 
requested  to  hoist  their  flags  half-mast  high,  and  that  all 
the  bells  of  the  public  buildings  along  the  line  of  the  pro- 
cession be  requested  to  be  tolled,  was  likewise  unanimous- 
ly adopted. 

One  of  the  pall-bearers  having  resigned  his  office  on 
account  of  not  having  it  in  his  power  to  be  in  New- York 
when  the  ceremonies  take  place,  James  Harper  was  pro- 
posed to  fill  the  vacancy,  and  he  was  approved  by  the 
Committee. 

A.  S.  Sullivan  here  stated  that  a  mass  meeting  of  the 
New- York  Virginians  will  take  place  this  evening  at  the 
Metropolitan  Hotel,  and  they  would  be  happy  to  meet 
either  the  whole  of  the  Committee,  or  any  of  them,  that 
felt  disposed  to  be  present  there  during  their  meeting. 

The  Committee  acknowledged  this  invitation,  and  then 
adjourned  till  the  following  afternoon. 


OP   JAMES    MOXKOE.  67 

The  following  were  the  orders  which  were  promul- 
gated by  Col.  Duryea,  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  for  the 
government  of  the  corps  while  discharging  the  duty  for 
which  its  members  had  so  nobly  volunteered  on  the  ap- 
proaching occasion  of  the  removal  of  President  Monroe's 
remains.     They  were  as  follows : 

7th  Kegiment  New- York  State  Troops— National  Guard. 
Regimental  Order,  'No.  9. 
Head-quarters,  New- York,  June  29th,  1858. 

It  having  been  resolved  by  a  large  majority  of  the  members  of 
this  Regiment  to  proceed  to  Richmond,  Va.,  as  a  Guard  of  Honor  to 
the  remains  of  the  late  President  Monroe,  the  following  orders,  which 
will  be  rigidly  enforced,  are  promulgated  for  the  government  of  this 
corps : 

This  Regiment  is  directed  to  parade,  fully  uniformed,  armed  and 
equipped,  gray  trowsers,  knapsacks  with  overcoats  rolled  thereon,  on 
Saturda}',  July  3. 

I^onebut  thoroughly-instructed  soldiers  will  be  allowed  to  go  with 
the  Regiment. 

Line  will  be  formed  in  Lafayette  Place  at  10  o'clock  A.M. 

Commandants  of  companies  will  direct  the  knapsacks  to  be  packed 
with  their  effects ;  and  in  addition  to  the  ordinary  change  of  under- 
clothing, each  man  will  provide  himself  with  extra  white  trowsers 
and  gloves,  fatigue-dress  and  cap.  No  cumbrous  baggage  will  be 
allowed,  but  each  man  may  furnish  himself  with  a  valise,  leather  or 
carpet-bag,  and  each  piece  of  baggage  will  be  plainly  marked  with 
the  name  and  number  of  the  compan}-.  Citizen's  clothing  is  strictly 
prohibited. 

The  Drum-Major  will  see  that  each  member  of  the  band  and  drum 
corps  is  provided  with  suitable  change  of  linen,  extra  white  trowsers 
and  gloves,  fatigue-dress,  and  preparations  for  cleaning  brasses  and 
belts. 

All  baggage,  including  officers'  overcoats,  will  be  sent  on  board 
steamship  Ericsson,  foot  of  Beach  street,  on  Friday,  the  2d  of  July 
or  not  later  than  8  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  3d,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  a  non-commissioned  officer  from  each  company. 

Captains  will  rigidly  inspect  the  arms  and  equipments,  and  see  that 
they  are  in  perfect  order,  and  are  directed  to  supply  each  man  with 
ten  rounds  of  blank  cartridge. 

The  ordnance  officer  will  make  a  requisition  for  300  rounds  of 
blank  ammunition  for  nine-pounders. 


68  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 

Lieutenant  Wickstead  is  appointed  Officer  of  the  Guard  on  board 
the  ship ;  the  guard  will  consist  of  one  man  from  each  company,  and 
will  mount  with  side  arms  onlyi 

Arms  will  be  so  placed  on  board  as  to  secure  them  from  rust  or 
injury,  baj'onets  unfixed  and  in  scabbard. 

Smoking  at  all  times  will  be  prohibited  between  decks  or  in  the 
cabins,  nor  will  any  lights  be  allowed,  except  such  ship  lights  and 
lanterns  as  the  master  of  the  ship  may  direct,  or  those  carried  by  the 
officer  of  the  day,  in  the  execution  of  his  duty. 

Quarter-master  "Winchester  is  directed  to  attend  to  all  the  details  ■ 
in  relation  to  the  transportation  of  the  men.     By  order  of 

Wm.  a.  Pond,  Adjutant.  Col.  A.  Duryea. 

American  Guard,  71st  Kegiment  Light  Infantry,  N.  Y.  S.  M. 

Regimental  Order,  Xo.  8. 

Head-quarters,  New-York,  June  30,  1858. 

In  pursuance  of  division  and  brigade  orders,  the  officers  and  mem- 
bers of  this  Regiment  are  herebj'  ordered  to  assemble  at  the  armory, 
for  parade,  in  full  uniform,  white  trowsers,  on  Friday,  July  2,  at  half 
past  2  o'clock  P.M.,  to  participate  in  the  funeral  solemnities  of  the 
late  Ex-President  Monroe. 

The  line  will  be  formed  at  3  o'clock  P.M.,  precisely. 

The  field  music  will  report  to  the  Adjutant,  at  the  armory. 

The  field  and  staff  will  report  to  the  Colonel,  at  the  armory,  dis- 
mounted, at  half  past  2  o'clock  P.M.     By  order  of 

A  G.  Demarest,  Adjutant.  Col.  A.  S.  Vosburgh. 


Final  Meeting  of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements— All  the  Public 
Offices  to  be  closed— The  Cutter  Harriet  Lane  tendered  to  the 
Virginians  by  the  Federal  Government— The  Programme  of  the 
Ceremonies  to-day,  etc. 

The  final  meeting  of  the  Joint  Committee  of  the  Com- 
mon Council,  to  perfect  the  arrangements  for  the  removal 
of  President  Monroe's  remains,  was  duly  held.  It  took 
place  on  the  evening  of  the  1st  July,  in  the  City  Library 
Room,  and  was  by  no  means  the  least  interesting  of 
their  sessions. 

The  Chairman  called  upon  the  Secretary  to  read  any 


OF    JAMES    MOXROE.  69 

communication  that  was  addressed  to  him  on  the  subject 
under  consideration,  or  place  the  Committee  in  possession 
of  any  facts  in  relation  to  it  that  had  come  to  his  know- 
ledge. 

Mr.  Scott  remarked  that  no  communication  had  been 
received  by  himself  since  the  preceding  meeting  of  the 
Committee,  but  he  stated  that  he  was  in  possession  of  one 
which  had  been  addressed  to  Alderman  Adams,  the  Pre- 
sident of  the  Committee,  by  Collector  Schell,  which  he 
considered  it  might  be  advisable  to  read. 

Being  requested  to  read  the  document,  he  did  so,  and 
it  was  thereupon  discovered  to  be  the  following : 

Custom  House,  New-York, 
Collector's  Office,  July  1,  1858. 
Sir  :  I  have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith  a  copy  of  a  letter  ad- 
dressed by  me,  by  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  to 
Messrs.  0.  Jennings  Wise  and  William  Mumford,  the  Committee,  etc., 
tendering  them  the  use  of  the  United  States  steam  revenue  cutter 
Harriet  Lane  for  the  purpose  of  having  the  remains  of  Ex-President 
Monroe  removed  from  this  city  to  Richmond,  Virginia.  With  the 
hope  that  the  action  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  will  be  con- 
sistent with  the  arrangement  of  your  Committee,  and  facilitate  the 
object  you  have  in  view,  I  have  the  honor  to  be,  very  respectfully, 
your  obedient  servant, 

Augustus  Schell,  Collector. 
To  Thomas  Adams,  Chairman  of  the  Committee. 

The  Clerk  then  read  a  copy  of  the  communication 
which  was  addressed  to  Mr.  Mumford,  of  the  Virginia 
Committee,  as  it  was  forwarded  by  Collector  Schell  to 
the  Chairman  of  the  Committee,  inclosed  with  the  letter 
which  we  have  just  given,  and  which  was  as  follows  : 

Custom  House,  New-York, 
Collector's  Office,  July  1,  1858. 
Gentlemen:  I  take  the  plersure  of  informing  you  that  I  have 
been  instructed  by  the  Honorable  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  offer 
you  the  use  of  the  United  States  revenue  cutter  Harriet  Lane,  for 
the  purpose  of  conveying  the  remains  of  Ex-President  Monroe  from 
this  city  to  Richmond,  Virginia.     Should  you  accept  the  use  of  this 


70  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 

vessel,  Captain  Faunce  will  be  instructed  to  hold  himself  in  readi- 
ness to  receive  on  board  the  cutter  your  committee,  and  such  gentle- 
men as  you  may  be  pleased  to  invite,  at  such  time  and  place  as 
y6u  may  appoint. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be  your  obedient  servant, 

Augustus  Schell,  Collector. 
Messrs.  O.  Jennings  "Wise  and  "William  Mumford, 
Committee,  etc. 

Alderman  Adams,  Avho  had  entered  the  room  in  the 
mean  time,  said,  that  he  had  met  Mr.  Wise  during  the 
forenoon  of  that  day,  and  had  a  conversation  with  him 
in  relation  to  the  subject  of  the  letters  which  were  read. 
Mr.  Wise  was  of  opinion  that  the  Committee  of  the 
Common  Council  had  very  little  to  do  in  reference  to  the 
matter,  as  they  were  the  guests  of  the  Committee  from 
Virginia,  having  accepted  their  invitation  to  go  with 
them  to  Richmond. 

The  Chairman  thought,  as  the  business  they  were  con- 
sidering was  a  national  one,  it  might  be  very  appropriate 
to  go  in  a  Government  vessel. 

A  motion  was  made  to  refer  the  matter  to  a  sub-commit- 
tee, wdth  powder  to  make  arrangements  wdth  the  Virginia 
Committee,  w\as  lost,  and  this  power  was  finally  vested 
in  the  Chairman. 

A  resolution  requesting  all  public  offices  and  places  of 
business  to  be  closed  at  twelve  o'clock,  during  the  time 
the  ceremonies  are  proceeding,  w^as  offered  and  adopted. 

A  resolution  requesting  the  military  that  will  escort 
the  remains  from  the  City  Hall  to  the  steamboat,  on  the 
occasion  of  their  departure  from  this  city,  to  assemble  at 
the  City  Hall,  on  the  morning  of  the  3d  July,  at  half-past 
ten  o'clock,  was  the  last  one  submitted,  and  it  was  also 
adopted. 

On  motion,  the  Committee  then  adjourned,  to  meet  at 
the  Cooper  Institute  at  two  o'clock  on  the  afternoon  of 
the  3d  July. 

The  Joint  Committee  of  Arrangements,  before  sepa- 


OF    JAMES    MONROE.  Tl 

rating  reported  a  complete  plan  of  proceedings  for  ob 
serving  the  obsequies  on  the  2d  July,  as  follows  : 

PROGRAMME  OF  ARRANGEMENTS 

In  honor  of  the  memory  of 
JAMES  MONROE, 
Fifth  President  of  the  United  States, 
On  the  occasion  of  the  removal  of  his  remains 
From  New-York  to  Virginia, 
Under  the  direction  of  the  municipal  authorities  of 
THE   CITY   OF  NEW-YORK, 
On  Friday,  July  2,  1858. 
The  Joint  Committee  appointed  by  the  Common  Council  of  the 
city  of  New-York  to  make  the  necessary  arrangements  for  the  re- 
moval of  the  remains  of  the  late  President  James  Monroe  from  the 
city  of  New-York  to  Richmond,  the  capital  of  Virginia,  his  native 
State,  have  adopted  the  following  programme  of  arrangements  for 
the  occasion : 

The  arrangements  of  the  day  will  be  under  the  command  of  Bri- 
gadier-General William  Hall. 

The  procession  will  move  from  the  Church  of  the  Annunciation, 
in  Fourteenth  street,  near  Sixth  avenue,  at  four  o'clock  precisel}',  and 
will  proceed  thence  through  Fourteenth  street  to  Broadway,  and 
down  Broadway  to  and  around  the  Park,  and  thence  through  the 
East  gate  to  the  City  Hall,  in  the  following  order : 

ORDER  OF  PROCESSION. 

Detachments  of  the 

First  Division  New- York  State  Militia, 

Under  the  command  of 

Brigadier  -  General    Hall, 

As  follows: 

Troop  of  Cavalry  of  Third  Regiment, 

Under  the  command  of  Captain  Buke. 

Band. 

Seventy-first  Regiment, 

Under  the  command  of  Colonel  Vosburgh. 

Twelfth  Regiment, 

Under  the  command  of  Colonel  John  S.  Cocks. 

Fourth  Regiment, 

Under  the  command  of  Colonel  Hiukin. 


72 


REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 


Troop  of  Cavalry  of  Third  Regiment, 

Under  the  command  of  Captain  Berser. 

Eighth  Regiment 

Under  the  command  of  Colonel  Lyons, 

as  a 

Guard  of  Honor. 

Officiating  Clergymen. 

Orator  of  the  day. 


Troop. 

of 

Cavalry 

Capt.  J.  M.  Varian, 

Leading 

their 

Horses 


Funeral 

Car, 
Drawn 

Six    Gray 

Horses 

led 

By  Grooms. 


Troop 

of 

Cavalry 

Capt.  J.  M.  Varian, 

Leading 

their 

Ho'rses 


The  following  pall-bearers,  in  barouches  : 


Lieut. -Gen.  Winfield  Scott, 

Peter  Cooper, 

Augustus  Schell, 

Anthony  Tiemann, 

John  Kelly,  M.C., 

Reuben  Withers, 

George  Wilkes, 

Dr.  James  M.  Minor, 

Joseph  B.  Varnum,  Jr., 

Howell  L.  Williams, 

Edward  M.  Greenway, 

John  S.  Giles, 

Robert  Blow, 

Homer  Franklin, 

Andrew  V.  Stout, 

William  M.  Tweed, 

Gen.  Richard  Varick  DeWitt, 


William  F.  Havemeyer, 
James  T.  Soutter, 
Ambrose  C.  Kingsland, 
Col.  William  M.  Peyton, 
John  W.  Avery, 
Elias  T.  DeForest. 
Isaac  O.  Barker, 
James  Harper, 
Thomas  C.  Fields, 
Benjamin  F.  Camp, 
J.  Watson  Webb, 
Elijah  F.  Purdy,      , 
Maj.  Henry  H.  Hill,  U.S.A., 
James  Leonard, 
Clarkson  Crolius, 
Nelson  J.  Waterbury, 
George  H.  Purser. 


Relatives  of  the  family. 

Virginians  and  their  descendants, 

,  Residents    of    the    City    of    New- York. 

Committee  from  the 

State  of  Virginia. 

Ex-Presidents  of  the  United  States, 

Mayors  of  New-York,  Brooklyn,  Hoboken,  Jersey  City,  and 

Newark. 

Common  Council  of  the  City  of  New-York,  in  the  following  order ; 


OF   JAMES    MOXEOE.  73 

The  Board    of   Aldermen,  yli 

Preced-ed  by  their  Sergeant-at-Arms,  and  headed  by  their 

President,  Tv-ith  their  staves  of  office. 

The  Board  of  Councilraen, 

Preceded  by  their  Sergeant-at-Arms,  and  headed  by  their 

President,  with  their  staves  of  office. 

Officers  of  both  Boards. 

Heads  of  Departments  of  the  City  Government, 

Governors  of  the  Almshouse. 

Board  of  Supervisors  of  the  City  and  County  of  Xew-York, 

with  their  officers. 

Officers  of  the  City  Government. 

Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn,  with  their  Officers. 

Common  Council  of  Jersey  City,  Hoboken,  and  Xewark,  with  their 

Officers. 

His  Excellency  Governor  King  and  Suite. 

Lieutenant-Governor  of  the  State. 

Heads  of  Departments  of  the  State. 

Senate  and  Assembly  of  the  State  of  N"ew-York. 

Members  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 

States  and  Officers  not  on  duty. 
Majors  General  Sandford  and  Duryea  of  the  First  and  Second  Divi- 
sions K'ew-York  State  Troops. 
Officers  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States. 
Officers  of  the  N"avy  of  the  United  States. 

Civil  Officers  of  the  Xavy  Yard. 
New-York  State  Society  of  the  Cincinnati. 
Foreign  Ministers  and  Consuls. 
Judges  of  the  United  States, 
State  and  City  Courts. 
Ex-Governors  and  Heads  of  Departments  of  the  State. 
Ex-Members  of  Congress  and  of  the  State  Legislature. 
Ex-Mayors,  Ex-Aldermen,  Assistants  and  Council- 
men  of  the  Cities  of  New- York,  Brooklyn, 
Jersey  City,  Hoboken,  and  Newark. 
United  States  District  Attorney  and  his  Officers. 
District  Attorney,  his  Assistant  and  Officers, 
Members  of  the  Bar. 
Members  of  the   Press. 
Sheriff,  Under-Sheriff,  and  Deputies  of  the  City  of  New-York, 

with  their  staves  of  Office. 
Register,  County  Clerk,  and  Coroners  of  the  City  and  County 
of  New-York,  with  tlieir  Officers. 
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74  KEMOYAL  OF  THE  KEMAIXS 

Police  Magistrates  with  staves. 

Clerks  of  District  and  Police  Courts. 

Marshal  of  the  United  Statesvfor  the  Southern  District  of  New- York, 

with  his  Deputies  and  other  Officers. 

Collector  of  the  Port  of  New-York,  with  the  Clerks 

and  other  Officers  of  his  Department. 

Surveyor,  Naval  Officer,  with  the  Officers  connected  with  their 

Departments. 

Postmaster  of  the  City  of  New-York,  with  his 

Assistant,  Secretary,  and  Clerks. 
Board  of  Education  of  the  City  of  New- York, 
preceded  by  its  President  and  Clerks. 
President,  Trustees,  Faculty,  and  Students  of  Columbia 
College. 
President,  Council,  Faculty,  and  Students  of  the  University  of 
New- York. 
President,  Faculty,  and  Students  of  the  Free  Academy  of 
the  City  of  New-York. 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons. 
Teachers  of  the  Public  Schools  of  the  City  of  New- York. 
Commissioners  of  Police. 
President  and  Trustees  of  the  New- York  Fire  Department. 
Fire  Commissioners  of  the  City  of  New- York. 
Chief  and  Assistant  Engineers. 
Foremen,  Assistant  Foremen,  and  other  Officers  of  the  Fire 
Departments  of  the  Cities  of  New-York,  Brooklyn, 
Jersey  City,  Hoboken,  and  Newark. 
Band. 
Veterans  of  1812,  under  command  of  Colonel  Raymond. 
Veterans  of  1812,  under  command  of  Col.  Jones. 
Presidents  and  other  Officers  of  the  several  Benevolent  Societies  of 
New- York. 
Presidents,  Officers,  and  Members  of  the  several  Literary 
Societies  of  the  City  of  New-York. 
American  Institute. 
Chamber  of  Commerce. 
Masters,  "Wardens,  and  Harbor  Masters  of  the  Port  of  New- 
York. 
Pilots  of  the  Port  of  New- York. 
Masters  of  vessels  in  the  Port  of  New- York. 
Citizens  of  New- York,  Brooklyn,  Jersey  City,  Hoboken,  Newark, 
and  other  places. 


OF   JAMES    MONRO !•:.  75 

The  societies,  associations,  and  other  bodies  are  requested  to  ap- 
pear in  the  order  presented. 

Such  societies,  associations,  and  bodies  as  have  not  yet  reported, 
will  be  assigned  places  in  the  order  in  which  they  shall  report  them- 
selves. 

The  detachments  of  Xew-York  State  Militia  will  assemble  at  three 
o'clock  precisely,  at  the  following  places,  preparatory  to  being 
brought  into  column : 

The  detachments  of  militia  in  First  Avenue,  right  resting  on  Four- 
teenth street. 

The  Majors,  General,  and  officers  of  the  First  and  Second  Divisions, 
officers  of  the  Army  and  I^avy,  on  west  side  Seventh  Avenue,  right 
resting  on  Fourteenth  street. 

Officiating  clergymen,  orator  of  the  day,  clergy  and  pall-bearers, 
in  the  Cooper  Institute  ;  Mayors  of  the  several  cities,  Ex-Presidents, 
Foreign  Ministers  and  Consuls,  Common  Council  of  Xew-York  and 
other  cities.  Governors,  Lieutenant-Governors,  Heads  of  Departments, 
Members  of  the  Senate  and  Assembly,  Senators  and  Members  of  Con- 
gress of  the  United  States,  Society  of  Cincinnati,  Ex-Mayors,  Ex- 
Members  of  the  Common  Council,  Judges  of  the  Courts,  District  At- 
torneys, Member  of  the  Bar,  and  other  officers  and  bodies  mentioned, 
at  the  Cooper  Institute,  and  will  then  proceed  to  form  line  in  Seventh 
Avenue,  left  resting  on  Fourteenth  street. 

The  troops  of  the  United  States  stationed  in  this  harbor,  and  the 
government  vessels  in  port,  are  requested  to  fire  minute-guns  from 
three  o'clock  till  sunset. 

The  owners  and  masters  of  the  harbor,  and  the  proprietors  of  the 
various  public  buildings  in  the  city,  are  requested  to  display  their 
colors  and  flags  at  half-mast  from  sunrise  to  sunset. 

The  several  persons  having  the  charge  of  the  church  and  fire  alarm 
bells  in  the  city,  are  requested  to  cause  the  same  to  be  tolled  from 
the  liour  of  four  o'clock  P.M.  until  the  close  of  the  procession. 

It  is  also  respectfully  requested  that  our  fellow-citizens  close  their 
several  places  of  business  during  the  moving  of  the  procession. 

They  are  also  requested  to  wear  the  usual  badge  of  mourning  on 
the  left  arm. 

The  owners  and  proprietors  of  "all  public  and  licensed  carriages 
and  vehicles  arc  directed  to  withdraw  the  same  from  the  streets 
through  which  the  procession  is  to  pass  after  the  hour  of  half-pa*;t 
three  o'clock  P.M. 

The  owners  of  private  carriages  and  vehicles  are  also  respectfully 
requested  to  comply  with  the  wishes  of  the  Committee  in  this  re- 
spect. 


76 


REMOVAL    OF   THE   EEMAIXS 


No  obstruction  of  any  kind  will  be  permitted  in  tlie  streets  through 
which  the  procession  is  to  pass. 

The  carriages  for  tlie  nse  of  the  pall-bearers  and  Society  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati will  be  under  the  direction  of  William  H,  Stephens,  first  Mar- 
shal of  the  city. 

On  the  procession  arriving  at  the  City  Hall,  the  remains  of  the 
deceased  statesman  and  patriot  will  be  deposited  in  the  Governor's 
room,  wiiere  they  will  be  in  charge  of  the  Eighth  Regiment,  as  a 
guard  of  honor,  until  the  next  day,  Saturday,  when  they  will  be  re- 
moved at  ten  o'clock  A.M.  to  the  steamer  Jamestown,  under  the  es- 
cort of  the  Seventh  Regiment  National  Guard  as  a  guard  of  honor. 


Thomas  W.  Adams 

Michael  Murray, 

Michael  Tuomet, 

JoHX  Lyxes, 

James  Owens, 
Charles  H.  Haswell, 
Thomas  A.  Dunn, 
George  P.  Bickford, 
Charles  G.  Cornell, 
Seymour  A.  Bunce, 


I  Committee  on  part 

V  on  the 

I  Board  of  Aldermen. 

Committee  on 

part 

of  the 

Board  of  Coun- 

cilraen. 


WASHINGTON  GREYS. 

Head-quarters  Eighth  Regiment  N.  Y.  State  Militia,  ) 

New- York,  1858.      \ 

This  regiment  will  parade  on  Friday,  July  2d,  in  full  uniform, 
(white  pantaloons,)  as  guard  of  honor  to  the  remains  of  the  late  Ex- 
President  of  the  United  States,  James  Monroe.  The  line  will  be 
formed  in  the  City  Arsenal  at  two  o'clock  P.M.  The  usual  badge  of 
mourning  will  be  worn  on  the  left  arm.  The  Quarter-Master  will 
cause  the  regimental  colors  to  be  shrouded.  The  band  will  report 
to  the  Adjutant  at  the  Arsenal  at  a  quarter  before  two  o'clock,  with 
their  drums  shrouded.  George  Lyons,  Colonel. 

O.  F.  Wentwortii,  Acting  Adjutant. 


OF    JAMES    MONROE.  11 

Obsequies  in  Honor  of  the  Remains  of  James  Monroe,  in  the  City 
of  New- York,  July  2d,  1858  —  Grand  Civic  and  Military  Pro- 
cession—Exhumation of  the  Body. 

SCENES  IN  THE  MORNING. 
The  weather  was  favorable,  not  too  warm,  the  thermo- 
meter rangmg  from  eighty  to  eighty-six  only,  and  a  very 
light  breeze  blowing  from  the  west,  while  the  sky  was 
somewhat  overcast.  At  sun-rise,  the  national  and  city 
colors  were  displayed  at  half-mast  from  the  City  Hall, 
Custom  House,  Assay  Office,  Merchants'  Exchange,  Reve- 
nue Office,  United  States  Forts  in  the  harbor,  and  all  the 
principal  hotels  and  public  buildings.  The  ships  in  the 
harbor  and  at  the  docks  also  made  a  fine  display  of  bunt- 
ing, nearly  all  of  them  having  the  national  colors  at  half- 
halliards,  with  their  private  signals  and  pilot  flags  at  half- 
mast.  Similar  honors  Avere  paid  to  the  memory  of  the 
Ex-President  in  Brooklyn  and  Jersey-City,  where,  upon 
the  public  buildings,  and  all  the  ships  at  the  docks,  flags 
were  displayed  at  half-mast. 

EXHUMATION   OF    THE   REMAINS. 

The  ceremony  of  removing  the  remains  of  Mr.  Monroe 
from  the  tomb  in  the  Marble  Cemetery,  where  they  had 
reposed  for  twenty-seven  years,  was  performed  at  an 
early  hour  on  Friday  morning,  in  the  presence  of  Aid. 
Adams,  of  New- York,  Chairman  of  the  Joint  Committee 
on  their  removal.  Wm.  Mumford  and  O.  Jennings  Wise, 
Committee  from  the  State  of  Virginia ;  Chairman  J.  Leigh, 
Robert  Blow,  Maj.  Hill,  Gen.  Wheat,  Wm.  N.  Bell,'  Wm. 
H.  Price,  Dr.  W.  Banks,  and  Dr.  Jones,  a  delegation  from 
the  Virginians  resident  in  ISTew-York  ;  S.  L.  Gouverneur, 
and  Col.  James  Monroe,  relatives  of  the  deceased ;  Ex-Al- 
perman  Crolius,  Mr.  Smith,  Secretary  of  the  Mariners'  Sav- 
ings Institution,  his  daughter.  Miss  Smith,  and  a  few  others. 
The  hour  for  exhumation  was,  for  obvious  reasons,  kept 


78  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

secret,  and  even  the  members  of  the  press  were  generally 
not  notified  —  it  being:  understood  that  some  of  the 
relatives  of  the  deceased  were  averse  to  any  noto- 
riety on  the  subject.  At  the  cemetery,  at  half  jjast  four 
o'clock,  there  was  then  no  stir  whatever.  A  solitary 
carriage  was  standing  in  front  of  the  gate — the  driver 
peering  listlessly  in  among  the  silent  dead.  This  carriage 
belonged  to  Alderman  Adams,  who  was  promptly  pre-^ 
sent,  and  in  waiting  to  receive  all  those  in  whose  j^resence 
the  coffin  was  to  be  raised. 

At  ten  minutes  before  five,  Messrs.  Mumford  and  Wise, 
and  Mr.  Leigh,  arrived,  and,  with  Aid.  Adams,  proceeded 
to  the  vault.  It  is  situated  near  the  head  of  one  of  the 
four  parallel  walks,  and  at  the  centre  of  the  cemetejy.  It 
was  open,  and  the  coffin  of  the  Ex-President  was  placed 
in  such  a  position  as  to  be  easily  taken  into  the  recess  in 
front  of  the  door.  The  coffin  was  in  excellent  preserva- 
tion, the  only  decay  visible  being  the  wearing  away  of 
the  bright  polish  of  the  mahogany.  Three  other  coffins, 
supposed  to  contain  the  ashes  of  Robert  Tillotson  and 
members  of  his  fiimily,  were  within,  and  appeared  to  be 
also  in  a  good  state  of  preservation.  Immediately  over 
the  vault  proper  was  a  slab,  on  which  was  the  inscrij^tion  : 
"  James  Monroe  :  Robert  Tillotson.  Vault  Xo.  147." 
Between  this  and  the  next  vault  at  the  east  of  it,  is 
planted  a  beautiful  white  rose  tree,  in  full  flower,  whose 
fragrance  sent  out  an  odor  strongly  contrasting  with  the 
damp  smell  of  the  vault  from  which  some  of  those  pre- 
sent had  just  emerged. 

At  a  quarter  past  five  o'clock,  the  undertaker,  Mr.  Henry 
Wilson,  and  his  assistants,  arrived  with  the  hearse.  The 
coffin,  which  was  to  receive  the  remains,  was  then  taken 
from  the  hearse,  and  2:)laced  beside  the  vault,  where  the 
lid  w^as  unscrewed,  and  the  coffin  made  ready.  When 
all  was  prepared,  the  word  was  given,  the  coffin  was 
raised  slowly,  and  all  that  was  left  of  the  body  of  James 


OF   JAMES    MOXKOE.  id 

Monroe  was  once  more  placed  upon  the  surface  of  the 
earth.  The  coffin  was  then  placed  in  the  one  prepared  to 
receive  it,  the  lid  of  the  latter  was  again  screwed  down, 
and  the  whole,  covered  with  a  black  pall,  was  conveyed 
to  the  hearse. 

REMOVAL   TO    THE   CHURCH. 

The  procession  moved  along  Second  street  into  Broad- 
way, up  Broadway  to  West-Fourteenth  street,  and  along 
West-Fourteenth  street  to  the  Church  of  the  Annuncia- 
tion, (Rev.  Dr.  Seabury,)  where  it  halted  opposite  the 
Church,  and  near  the  house  of  Mr.  Douglas  and  Mrs. 
Cruger.  The  coffin  was  then  removed  from  the  hearse, 
and  after  being  carried  into  the  Church,  was  placed  at 
the  foot  of  the  eastern  aisle,  upon  a  temporary  platform 
erected  for  the  purpose,  where  it  was  left,  the  Church 
being  closed,  and  one  or  two  police  officers  remaining  on 
duty,  in  order  to  prevent  the  access  of  any  person,  with- 
out the  permission  of  those  who  had  the  remains  in 
charge. 

So  quietly  was  every  thing  done,  that  it  is  questionable 
whether  twenty  individuals  in  the  city,  exclusive  of  the 
authorities,  and  those  on  the  ground,  were  aware  of  the 
removal.  As  the  procession  proceeded  up  Broadway,  it 
was  met  by  the  few  people  in  motion,  who  scarcely 
glanced  at  the  hearse,  which  contained  the  dust  of  the 
fifth  President  of  the  United  States,  all,  no  doubt,  believ- 
ing it  to  be  an  ordinary  funeral.  At  the  gate  of  the 
Cemetery,  about  twenty  persons  had  collected.  After 
the  coffin  was  deposited  in  the  Church,  some  of  the  gen- 
tlemen present  entered  the  house  of  Mrs.  Cruger  for  a 
short  time,  and  in  a  few  moments  after,  the  party 
departed. 

AT    THE    CHURCH    OF    THE    ANNUNCIATION. 
From  noon  up  to  four  o'clock  and  after,  crowds  of 
people  kept  pouring  into  West-Fourteenth  street,  and  in 


80  REMOVAL    OF   TUK    KEMAl>sS 

the  direction  of  the  Church  of  the  Anuuiiciatiou,  whei-e 
the  coffin  was  deposited.  From  Broadway  to  the  Church, 
the  sidewalks  were  lined  with  persons  of  both  sexes,  and 
of  all  ages  ;  while  platoons  of  policemen  from  the  second, 
third,  fourth,  fifth,  sixth,  eighth,  and  fifteenth  precincts 
stood  in  open  order  along  the  streets,  keeping  back  the 
crowd  ;  there  were  also  at  the  Church  the  Deputy  Super- 
intendent, and  platoons  of  men  from  the  ninth,  fifteenth, 
eighteenth,  and  twentieth  precincts. 

About  three  o'clock,  permission  was  granted  for  the 
citizens  assembled  to  enter  and  view  the  coffin,  and  it  was 
calculated  that  about  ten  thousand  persons,  exclusive  of 
boys  and  girls  of  all  ages,  availed  themselves  of  this  pri- 
vilege. They  passed  in  at  the  door  of  the  eastern  aisle, 
and  retired  by  that  of  the  western.  The  patience  of  the 
old  sexton,  Mr.  Brown,  was  pretty  well  tried  on  this  oc- 
casion, the  time  being  so  limited  that  he  was  compelled 
to  give  pretty  broad  hints  to  those  who  were  loitering,  to 
move  on.  Some  would  stoop  low  to  read  the  inscription 
on  the  j^late,  when  he  would  exclaim  :  "  Pass  on,  pass  on, 
my  friend,  you  can  read  it  to-morrow."  A  visitor,  being 
about  to  read  it  with  his  spectacles  on,  he  said  :  "  Seven- 
ty-four years  of  age,  my  man,  mind  that ;  and  who  knows 
but  you'll  remember  it  all  your  life  !  "  Then  turning  to 
a  friend,  he  remarked  :  "  I  was  told  something  like  that 
when  I  was  a  boy,  and  I  remember  it  yet."  Another 
visitor  went  to  read  it  without  spectacles,  when  the  Sex- 
ton requested  him  to  put  them  on,  but  in  order  to  save 
him  the  trouble,  said  :  "  Seventy-four  years  of  age,  and 
his  name  is  James  Monroe  ;  he  died  4th  of  July,  1831  ; 
So  now  you  have  it  without  any  trouble."  At  length  a 
very  old  lady,  dressed  in  mourning,  was  observed  by  the 
argus-eyed  sexton  to  come  the  second  time,  weeping 
bitterly.  Mr.  Brown  immediately  said  :  "  Pass  on,  ma'am, 
pass  on  ;  you  have  been  here  before." 

Old  Lady :  "  Yes,  I  have ;  an'  I'd  like  to  see  it  over 
and  over  again  ;  it  is  dearer  to  me  nor  to  you." 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  81 

After  the  crowd  had  poured  in  and  out  for  over  an 
hour,  the  Committee  entered,  and  the  coffin  was  taken 
out,  under  their  direction,  and  placed  in  the  hearse. 

PEEPAKING    FOR    THE    OBSEQUIES. 

About  noon,  on  Friday,  the  City  Hall  began  to  thin 
of  its  wonted  attendance  of  Aldermen,  Councilmen,  at- 
taches, and  the  host  of  frequenters  who  are  to  be  seen 
there  from  day  to  day.  The  ceremony  which  was  about 
to  take  place  in  the  upper  part  of  the  city,  incident  to 
the  occasion,  no  doubt  drew  them  up  town.  By  two 
o'clock  all  within  and  about  the  building  was  still,  so  far  as 
the  departmental  character  was  concerned,  save  that  the 
usual  number  of  gamins,  shoeless  and  many  hatless, 
kept  scampering  around,  determined  to  attain  a  preemptive 
title  to  a  favorable  position  from  which  to  observe  the 
procession. 

At  three  o'clock,  many  of  the  warehouses  down  town 
were  closed,  and  minute-guns  commenced  firing  from  all 
the  prominent  stations  in  the  harbor,  the  firing  continuing 
until  sundown  from  very  heavy  cannon. 

At  four  o'clock  all  the  fire-bells  and  many  of  the  church 
bells  commenced  tolling,  and  tolled  four  strokes  a  minute 
until  the  arrival  of  the  coffin  at  the  City  Hall.  The  effect 
was  very  solemn. 

AT   THE    COOPER  INSTITUTE. 

The  joint  Committee  of  the  Common  Council,  Avhich 
adjourned  on  Thursday  evening,  to  meet  on  Friday  in 
the  Cooper  Institute,  reassembled  in  the  large  basement 
hall  of  that  building,  at  half-past  two  P.M.  The  Com- 
mittee were  apprised,  through  their  Chairman,  that 
Messrs.  Mumford  and  Wise,  (the  delegation  from  Vir. 
ginia,)  owing  to  the  late  day  at  which  the  tender  of  the 
United  States  cutter,  Harriet  Lane,  had  been  made,  had 
been  compelled  to  decline  the  use  of  her  on  this  occasion. 
The  Committee,  feeling  themselves  to  be  entirely  in  the 


82  REMOVAL    OP   THE   REMAINS 

hands  of  those  gentlemen,  as  their  invited  guests,  of  course 
entirely  acquiesced  in  the  conclusion  arrived  at.  The 
following  letter,  from  Mr.  Wise,  was  read,  in  reply  to  the 
letter  of  the  Collector  of  the  Port,  tendering,  in  the  name 
of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  the  use  of  a  Revenue 
Cutter  to  convey  Mr.  Monroe's  remains  to  Virginia  : 

New- York  Hotel,  July  2,  1858, 
Hon.  Aug,  Schell,  Collector,  etc. 

My  Dear  Sir  :  On  receipt  of  your  letter  of  yesterday,  my  colleague 
and  myself  consulted  with  the  members  of  other  committees,  as 
well  as  with  the  agent  of  the  Richmond  Line  of  Steamers,  with  re- 
gard to  the  offer  made  by  yourself,  under  the  instructions  of  the 
Honorable  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  tendering  the  use  of  the  Re- 
venue Cutter  Harriet  Lane  for  the  removal  of  the  remains  of  Ex- 
President  Monroe. 

We  have  both  been  very  desirous  of  accepting  this  offer,  deeming 
it  especially  appropriate  that  a  national  ship  should  be  employed. 
But  we  find  that  it  is  made  too  late  to  effect  a  change  in  our  pre- 
vious arrangements,  without  very  great  inconvenience  to  the  guests 
of  the  State  of  Virginia,  and  even  loss  to  the  owners  of  the  James- 
town, whose  offer  we  accepted  a  month  ago. 

Be  pleased  to  convey  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  our  high 
appreciation  of  his  tender  of  the  Harriet  Lane,  as  well  as  our  sincere 
regret  that  circumstances  oblige  us  to  decline  the  same. 

Major  Mumford  joins  me  in  a  grateful  acknowledgment  of  the  kind 
courtesy  and  promptitude  with  which  you  have  conveyed  to  us  the 
wishes  of  the  Secretary  on  this  subject. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be.  Sir,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient 

servant, 

O.  Jexxings  Wise, 

Shortly  after  the  arrival  of  his  Honor  the  Mayor,  the 
members  of  the  Committee,  and  some  few  of  the  invited 
guests,  they  were  shown  over  the  building  by  Peter 
Cooper,  Esq.,  and  expressed  themselves  much  pleased 
with  the  plan  and  arrangement  of  the  whole  structure. 
The  large  hall  in  the  basement  called  forth  much  com- 
mendation by  reason  of  its  size,  accommodation,  and 
acoustic  qualities. 


OF  JAMES   MONROE.  83 

By  the  time  the  Mayor  and  party  had  returned  to  the 
Hall,  a  number  of  members  of  the  Common  Council, 
pall-bearers,  Virginia  residents  of  the  city,  invited  guests 
and  others,  had  assembled.  Among  those  present  were 
Anthony  Tiemann,  (the  venerable  father  of  the  Mayor,) 
A.  Y.  Stout,  J.  W.  Webb,  Major  Hill,  U.S.A. ;  the 
Chevalier  Guiseppe  Bertinatti,  Charge  d^ Affaires  from 
Sardinia,  Consul-General  at  New- York ;  J.  C.  Zimmer- 
man, Consul  for  the  Netherlands;  Lieutenant  Drake, 
U.S.A.,  (representing  Major  Cady  and  the  oflScers  at 
Fort  Columbus,  who  were  absent  on  account  of  pressing 
official  engagements ;)  Lieutenant  Robert  B.  Bell,  U.  S.  N. ; 
Professor  Webster,  of  the  Free  Academy;  Rev.  Drs. 
Spring,  Price,  Armitage,  and  Dean,  Ambrose  Kingsland, 
(Ex-Mayor ;)  John  Cochrane,  M.C. ;  John  Kelly,  M.C. ; 
Messrs.  William  Mumford  and  O.  Jennings  Wise,  of  the 
Richmond  Committee  :  Colonel  W.  M.  Peyton,  Samuel 
Governeur  and  Son,  James  Monroe,  Jr.,  Dr.  Monroe 
Minor,  Thomas  Stillman,  General  Nye,  Dr.  McNair,  and 
E.  D.  Connery. 

The  members  of  the  Joint  Committee  of  the  Common 
Council  were  distinguished  by  handsome  rosettes  of 
black  and  white  silk  ribbon,  with  rich  silver  tassels ;  the 
other  members  of  the  Board,  and  gentlemen  invited  to 
attend,  wore  the  usual  badge  of  mourning  upon  the  left 
arm.  The  pall-bearers  were  all  dressed  in  black,  and  were 
habited  in  the  customary  funeral  scarf  and  shoulder-knot, 
which  were  also  furnished  to  the  clergymen  who  had 
been  invited. 

The  resident  Yirginians  of  the  metropolis  mustered  in 
large  numbers.     Among  them  were  : 

Dr.  William  Banks,  J.  M.  Price, 

R.  P.  Waller,  William  F.  Gray, 

D.  B.  Kirby,  R  II.  Greenway, 

Dr.  F.  D.  Cunningham,  R.  H.  Mosely, 

Dr.  A.  Tinsley,  D.  H.  Doggett, 

J.  W.  Graver,  Francis  J.  Branda, 


84 


REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 


William  H.  Harris, 

B.  F.  Jones, 
William  F.  Massey, 
Thomas  W.  Gibson, 
K  P.  Woodruff, 
Benjamin  Hunt, 
Benjamin  Hart, 
James  S.  Glassell, 
James  T.  Pace, 
Charles  N".  Reed, 

J.  D.  Williamson, 
J.  J.  Wising, 
E.  W.  Benton, 
Thomas  C.  Woodward, 

C.  E.  Hunt, 
R.  M.  Kirby, 
James  Doneghan, 
Patrick  H.  Butler, 

B.  A,  Lavender,  Jr., 
J).  A.  Scrymser, 

A.  M.  Adams, 
Udolpho  Wolfe, 
J.  E.  Robertson, 
W.  L.  Shepherd, 
M.  D.  Stanley, 

C.  H.  Bosher, 
R.  H.  Moody, 
S.  Snodgrass, 

B.  Dennis,  M.D., 
A.  R.  Wood, 
Joseph  Mosbey,  M.D., 
Henry  Street, 

H.  M.  Cohen,  M.D., 

D.  Gray, 

James  A.  Patterson, 
Thomas  Perkins, 
H.  A.  T.  Grombly, 
J.  K.  Rhinehart, 
Thomas  R.  Jones, 
William  Farley  Gray, 
William  H.  Price, 
James  Strait, 
Capt.  Drake,  U.S.A., 


^         G.  W.  Butler, 

George  M.  Lumby, 

S.  R.  A.  K  Stanberry, 

Dr.  George  B.  Wallace, 

A.  Jones, 

Captain  J.  D.  Williamson, 

Colonel  Thomas  Patterson, 

N.  M.  Davis, 

S.  R.  Burkolder, 

N".  Daniels, 

James  H.  Gray, 

James  Robinson, 

C.  A.  Colquitt, 
John  B.  Benton, 
Joseph  J.  Benton, 
William  N.  Bell, 
E.  Jones,  M.D., 

G.  H.  Swords,  Jr., 

D.  P.  Fackler, 
George  M.  Williams, 
Jesse  C.  Conor, 

W.  G.  Adams, 
James  Scrymser, 
Hudson  G.  Wolfe, 
J.  E.  Snodgrass, 
William  H.  Doggett, 
Augustus  Branda, 
Louis  G.  Branda, 
C.  W.  Morfitt, 
Wesley  W.  Jones, 

C.  J.  Leigh, 
A.  S.  Sullivan, 
Dexter  Otey, 
John  P.  Early, 

D.  P.  C.  Peters, 
George  W.  Butler, 
George  M.  Gormly, 
W.  A.  Read, 
Henry  A.  Walker, 
R.  M.  Davis, 
Lieut.  Reel,  U.S.N., 
General  Wheat. 


OF   JAMES    MONKOE.  85 

When  the  time  had  arrived  and  passed  when  it  was 
necessary  that  all  should  repair  to  the  Church  of  the 
Annunciation,  in  Fourteenth  street,  (whither  the  remains 
had  been  conveyed,)  Dexter  Otey,  Esq.,  who  acted  as 
Marshal  for  the  Virginians,  in  place  of  Mr.  Campbell, 
who  was  unable  to  attend,  formed  them  into  procession 
two  deep,  and  they  then  marched  on  foot  from  the  Insti- 
tute to  the  Church.  Each  member  was  furnished  with 
a  badge,  which  was  worn  on  the  left  breast,  a  description 
of  which  has  been  previously  given  in  our  account  of  the 
meeting  of  the  Virginians  resident  in  New-York. 

The  Mayor  followed  the  Virginians  in  an  open  ba 
rouche,  bearing  with  him  his  mace  of  office  shrouded  in 
crape.  In  the  carriage  with  His  Honor  were  Peter 
Cooper,  Esq.,  General  J.  W.  Webb,  and  Hon.  John 
Cochrane. 

The  pall-bearers  and  relatives  of  the  family  succeeded, 
and  then  came  the  delegation  from  Virginia,  Messrs. 
Mumford  and  O.  J.  Wise.  The  Aldermen  and  Members 
of  the  Common  Councils  of  this  and  the  sister  cities,  who 
were  in  attendance,  followed  ;  and  the  members  of  the 
Joint  Committee  brought  up  the  rear  of  the  procession, 
which  then  wended  its  way  at  a  slow  pace  for  the  sacred 
edifice  wherein  lay  the  ashes  of  the  illustrious  dead. 

The  best  of  order  was  preserved  by  Captain  Hart  and 
his  men,  aided  by  several  of  the  officers  from  the  Mayor's 
squad. 

FOKMATION  OF  THE  DIVISION  DETACHMENT. 
At  a  quarter-past  four  the  military  formed  on  the  west 
side  of  the  Fifth  avenue,  right  resting  on  Fourteenth 
street,  in  the  following  order  :  Washington  Grey  Troop, 
Captain  J.  M.  Varian,  sixty  men;  Washington  Brass 
Band,  forty  pieces ;  Washington  Greys,  8th  Kegiment, 
Colonel  Lyons,  two  hundred  and  forty  men  ;  Companies 
B  and  C  of  the  4th  Regiment,  with  six  pieces  of  light 


86  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 

artillery,  with  seventy-two  ijien,  under  the  command  of 
Captain  Diehl ;  Trooj)  B,  3d  Regiment,  Huzzars,  Captain 
A.  Byser,  twenty-three  men;  Troop  A,  3d  Regiment, 
Huzzars,  Captain  Buke,  fifty-four  men;  Drum  Corps, 
Vlst  Regiment;  Engineer  Corps,  Ylst  Regiment;  Dod- 
worth's  Band,  forty  pieces ;  7 1st  Regiment  American 
Guard,  Colonel  Vosburgh,  two  hundred  and  seventy-five 
men.  The  line  was  formed  at  a  quarter-past  four  o'clock, 
by  Acting  Brigade-Major  Harriott,  and  the  troops  were 
reviewed  by  Brigadier-General  William  Hall.  The  de- 
tachment was  then  flanked  to  the  right,  and  filed  down 
Fourteenth  street  to  take  the  assigned  places  in  the 
funeral  cortege. 

THE   PROCESSION. 

The  hearse  was  of  glass  and  decorated  with  fourteen 
plumes  of  black  and  white  feathers,  draped  in  mourning; 
it  was  drawn  by  eight  grey  horses,  with  black  fly-nets, 
and  black  and  white  plumes  and  black  tassels  ;  the  cofiin 
was  visible  to  all  as  it  passed. 

The  funeral  j^rocession  then  formed  as  follows,  and 
moved  off"  at  a  quarter  to  5  o'clock : 

Sergt.  Waterbury,  commanding  twenty  Policemen. 

The  Military  in  reverse  order. 

General  Hall's  Staff. 

Dodwortli's  Band. 

Drummers  7 1st  Regiment. 

71st  Regt.  American  Guard,  under  command  of  Colonel  Vosburgh, 

colors  draped  in  mourning. 

Two  Troops  of  Hussars  (3d  Regt.)  in  three  platoons,  namely: 

Troop  A,  Captain  Buke. 

Troop  B,  Captain  Byser. 

Detachment  of  the  4th  Regt.  of  Artillery. 

Six  Guns  covered  with  crape,  under  command  of  Colonel  Hinken. 

Washington  Band. 

8th  Regiment,  under  command  of  Col.  Lyons,  with  arms  reversed, 

and  colors  draped  in  mourning. 


i)F  .TA^rEs  :\roNKOi: 


Guard  of  Honor. 

Troop 

of 

Cavalry, 

Capt.  J.  M.  Varian, 

Leading 

Their  Horses. 


Funeral 

Car, 

Drawn  by 

Eight 
Grey  Horses 

led 
By  Grooms. 


Guard  of  Honor. 

Troop 

of 

Cavalry, 

Capt.  J.  M.  Yarian, 

Leading 

Their  Horses. 


CLERGY   IN    A   CARRIAGE. 

Rev.  Dr.  Spring,  Rev.  Dr.  Price, 

Rev.  Dr.  Armitage,  Rev.  Mr.  Dean. 

PALL-BEARERS  IN   CARRLAGES. 

First  Carriage. 
His  Honor  the  Mayor  of  New-  Hon.  John  Cochrane,  M.C.,  Ora- 

York,  tor  of  the  Day, 

General  Peyton,  of  Ya.,  Peter  Cooper. 

Second  Carriage. 
Mr.  Anthony  Tiemann,  (father  Ex-Mayor  Ambrose  C.   Kings- 

of  Mayor  of  New-York,)  land, 

Hon.  Aug.  Schell,  Collector,  J.  S.  Giles,  Treas.  Fire  D'pt. 

Third  Carriage. 
Hon.  John  Kelly,  M.C.,  '       Gen.  J.  Watson  Webb, 

Capt.  Leonard,  Geo.  Wilkes. 

Fourth  Carriage. 
Edward  M.  Greenway,  Esq.,  Ya.,  Reuben  Withers,  Esq.,  Ya., 

J.  T.  Sontter,  Esq.,  Howell  L.  Williams,  Esq. 

Fifth  Carriage. 
George  H.  Purser,  Esq.,  Thomas  C.  Fields,  Esq., 

Nelson  J.  Waterbury,  Esq.,  John  W.  Avery,  Esq. 

Sixth  Carriage. 
Elias  T.  DeForest,  Esq.,  Harvey  De  Witt,  President 

Cincinnati  Society, 
Capt.  John  R.  Garland,   Ya.,  Dr.  James  Monroe  Minor,  Ya. 

Seventh  Carriage. 
Hon.  Moses  Bigelow,  Mayor  of  Joseph  B.  Yarnum  Esq.,  Ya., 

Newark,  Major  Hill,  U.S.A.,  Ya., 

Robert  Blow,  Esq.,  Ya. 


88  REMOVAL    OF    THE   RE:^rAINS 

Eiglitli  Carriage. 
Ex-Mayor  Harper,  A.  V.  Stout,  Esq., 

Homer  Franklin,  Esq.,  Hon.  Clarkson  Crolius. 

I^inth  Carriage. 
Ex-Mayor  Havemeyer,  Isaac  0.  Barker,  Esq., 

Benj.  F.  Camp,  Esq.,  Elijah  F.  Purdy,  Esq. 

Tenth  Carriage. 
O.  Jennings  "Wise,  Esq.,  Va.,  William  Mumford,  Esq.,  Va., 

Colonel  Leigh,  Va.,  Chas.  G.  Cornell,  N.  Y. 

Relatives  of  the  family. 
Two  hundred  Virginians  two  and  two,  on  foot,  including  two 
neatly  dressed  and  likely  boys  who  marched  in  column 
near  the  head  of  the  line. 
Members  of  the  Committee  of  the  Common  Council,  in  three 
Carriages, 
Society  of  the  Cincinnati,  with  badges. 
Officers  of  tlie  United  States  Army, 
Col.  Dimick,  Lieut.  Vincent, 

Lieut.  Craig,  Lieut.  Dearing, 

Adjutant  Haines,  Dr.  Bailey. 

Officers  of  the  Militia, 
Major-General  Sandford  and  Staff. 
Colonel  Henry  Sandford,      ,  Colonel  Morell, 

Colonel  Meade,  Major  Bilby, 

Major  H.  Thomas,  Lieut.  James  Foster, 

Dr.  G.  F.  Woodward, 
Brigadier-General  Spicer  and  Staff, 
Major  John  S,  Lawrence,  Major  D.  W.  Wainwright, 

Capt.  Kirby,  Capt.  Darling, 

Capt,  Van  Nest,  Capt,  Headly, 

Officers  of  Third  Brigade  not  on  duty, 
Major  Anthon,  Judge  Advocate,  acting  Aid, 
Major  Harriot,  Quarter-master  and  acting  Brig.  Major, 
Capt.  William  B.  Eager,  Paymaster, 
Brigadier-General  Ewen,         Brigadier-General  Woodhull. 
Col.  Smith,  13th  Regiment  (Brooklyn)  and  Staff, 
Two  hundred  Line  and  Staff  Officers  of  the  1st  and  2d  Divisions, 

four  abreast. 

Twenty-eight  of  the  Veterans  of  1812  (on  foot,)  under  the  command 

of  Colonel  Raymond,  colors  draped  in  mourning. 


OF    JAMi£S    :Sl02sHOE.  89 

Forty  carriages  containing  the  remainder  of  the  Veterans,  making 

in  all  one  hundred  and  one,  which  number,  by  a  strange 

coincidence,  corresponds  with  the  number  of 

years  since  deceased  was  born. 

Several  carriages  containing  City  Officers,  including  Coroner  Con- 

nery,  the  Mayor's  Clerks,  City  Marshal,  etc.,  etc. 

MOVEMENT   OF   THE   PKOCESSION". 

Tlioiigli  4  o'clock  P.M.  was  the  hour  fixed  for  the  pro- 
cession to  start  from  the  Church  of  the  Aiinunciatiou,  it 
was  some  time  after  that  before  all  was  in  readiness.  For 
an  hour  previously,  Fourteenth  street,  from  Broadway  to 
the  Church  wliere  the  honored  remains  lay,  was  lined 
on  both  sides  with  thousands  of  curious  spectators.  In 
the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  Church,  the  throng  along 
the  sidewalk  was  dense,  almost  to  impenetrability.  The 
crowd  around  the  Church  continued  to  gather  till 
4  o'clock,  when  the  bell  of  the  Church  commenced  toll- 
ing, its  solemn  peals  being  answered  by  other  bells  all  over 
the  city. 

At  length  the  military,  who  were  to  lead  the  proces- 
sion, came  in  sight,  moving  from  the  Fifth  Avenue,  the 
Washington  Greys  leading.  The  line  was  soon  formed, 
and  the  cortege  started  down  Fourteenth  street  for 
Broadway,  to  the  beating  of  muffled  drums  from  the  71st 
Regiment.  The  whole  line  of  march  was  through  an 
unbroken  mass  of  curious  and  excited  humanity.  The 
windows,  the  tops  of  houses,  the  sidewalks,  the  trees,  the 
door-steps,  and  door-yards,  every  available  spot  along 
the  line  of  march,  from  which  the  least  sight  could  be 
had,  were  alive  with  humanity.  Piazzas,  balconies,  and 
windows  were  everywhere  blockaded  with  masses  of  men, 
women,  and  children.  Business  seemed  universally  sus- 
pended. On  reaching  the  corner  of  East-Fourteenth 
street  and  Broadway,  the  procession  marched  through 
crowds  of  spectators  on  every  side,  and  in  all  directions. 
Every  where  down  Broadway  was  manifest  the  same  uni- 


90  REMOVAL    OF    THE    REMAINS 

versal  curiosity.  The  sidewalks  on  both  sides  of  the  way, 
including  those  on  the  cross-streets,  w^ere  thronged,  and 
vehicles  of  every  description  were  resting  from  their 
labors  in  long  disorder.  The  national  flag  drooped  at 
half-mast  from  the  various  public  buildings.  On  the  up- 
per corner  of  both  sides  of  Broome  street,  the  buildings 
were  handsomely  drajDed  in  mourning.  The  procession 
passed  down  to  and  around  the  lowxr  end  of  the  Park, 
through  Park  Row  to  and  through  the  east  gate. 

THE   LINE    OF    MAKCH. 

The  route  of  the  procession  was  through  Fourteenth 
street  and  Broad^vay,  around  the  lower  end  of  the  Park, 
entering  at  the  east  gate.  From  Seventh  Avenue  to 
Broadway,  every  standpoint  in  Fourteenth  street  seemed 
to  be  filled  with  men,  Avomen,  and  children,  clear  out  to 
the  curbstone.  Vehicles  of  every  description,  loaded 
with  spectators,  crowded  the  side-streets,  while  every 
window^  supplied  its  quota  of  gazers.  To  say  that  Broad- 
way was  lined  with  spectators,  would  give  but  a  faint 
idea  of  the  numbers  congregated  in  that  street,  so  nu- 
merous was  the  crowd  in  the  street,  windows,  on  brick 
l^iles,  awning-i:)osts,  house-tops,  and  vehicles  at  the  cross- 
streets.  The  presence  of  appropriate  mourning  drapery 
to  the  buildings  was  not  as  general  as  might  be  wished, 
though  a  few  bore  testimony  to  their  respect  for  the  illus- 
trious dead  in  this  way. 

Niblo's  Theatre  was  festooned  at  the  entrance  with 
white  and  black  muslin  drapery,  surrounding  a  trans])a- 
rency  on  which  was  the  inscription; 

AFTER   life's    FITFUL   FEVER    HE    SLEEPS    WELL. 

On  the  north-east  corner  of  Broome  street  the  buildinij 
was  entirely  draped  in  black  and  white  muslin,  hung  in 
festoons,  wdth  rosettes.  In  front  of  the  centre  of  the 
second  story  was  an  imitation  of  a  marble  monument, 
with  the  inscription  on  the  front : 


OF    JAMES    MOMlOii.  91 


JAMES 

OF 

MONKOE, 

VIRGINIA, 

1831,  Si^t'is  74  itars. 

On  one  side, 

James  Monroe. 

And  on  the  other, 

WE   CHERISH    HIS    MEMORY. 

The  building  on  the  opposite  north-east  corner  was  hke- 
wise  hung  with  festoons  of  white  and  black  muslin.  • 

Deputy  Superintendent  of  Police  Carpenter  had  sta- 
tioned all  along  the  line  detachments  from  the  Fifteenth, 
Eighth,  Fourteenth,  Fifth,  Sixth,  Third,  and  Second 
wards  to  protect  the  line  from  the  pressure  of  the  crowdj 
and  altogether  there  were  about  two  hundred  policemen 
detailed  for  special  duty  with  reference  to  the  procession. 

THE    SCENE   IN"    THE   PAKK. 

As  at  the  other  points  of  interest,  the  crowd  com- 
menced early  to  gather  in  and  near  the  Park,  and  it  was 
with  no  little  difficulty  that  at  the  appropriate  time  Capt. 
Walling,  who  had  charge  of  the  police  arrangements  here, 
could  clear  the  required  space  in  front  of  the  Hall  for  the 
operations  of  the  military.  As  usual,  unmindful  of  the 
injunction,  "  Keep  off  the  grass,"  the  choice  green  spots 
were  covered  with  busy  feet ;  the  trees  fairly  groaned 
with  the  weight  of  adventurous  men  and  boys,  while  the 
City  Hall  presented  knots  of  heads  at  every  window,  and 
crowds  on  the  balcony,  roof  and  stoops,  the  latter  of 
whom  seemed  often  to  threaten  the  safety  of  Mayor 
Wood's  chain,  which  kept  them  from  entering  the  open 
ppace  leading  into  the  Hall.  After  hours  of  impatient 
waiting,  the  announcement  was  at  last  made,  "  They  are 
coming,"  and  soon  the  sound  of  muffled  music,  and  the 
measured  clashing  of  military  accoutrements  denoted  that 
such  was  the  fact.     It  ^vas  now  after  half-past  five,  and  it 


02  REMOV'AL    OF    THE    llEMAl^S 

was  nearly  six  o'clock  before  the  head  of  the  i)rocession 
had  marched  round  the  lower  end  of  the  Park  and  entered 
the  east  gate.  The  Seventy-first  Regiment  entered  first, 
twelve  front  and  in  two  ranks,  by  companies,  and  wheel- 
ing right  into  line,  facing  the  City  Hall.  Then  march- 
ing by  the  right  about  face,  they  took  up  a  position  fac- 
ing the  City  Hall  on  the  oi)posite  side  of  the  square,  with 
a  troop  of  cavalry  on  their  right.  The  balance  of  the 
military  formed  in  open  order  along  Park  Kow,  and  the 
Eighth  Regiment  marched  through  with  reversed  arms 
and  measured  tread,  countermarching  and  coming  up  in 
file  back.  Next  followed  the  hearse,  surrounded  by  the 
Washington  Greys,  leading  their  horses,  the  hearse  stop- 
ping immediately  in  front  of  the  entrance.  The  carriages 
containing  the  pall-bearers  then  drove  up,  and  alighted, 
entered  the  Hall,  and  formed  in  open  order  in  the 
passage  leading  to  the  Governor's  Room,  to  receive  the 
body.  Here  some  delay  occurred,  and  they  were  kept 
waiting  for  some  time,  until  finally  the  cofiin  was  taken 
from  the  hearse  and  carried  into  the  Hall,  the  pall-bearers 
marching  at  its  side,  preceding  and  behind  it,  to  the  Gov- 
ernor's Room,  followed  by  the  procession  of  Virginians. 
Here  it  was  placed  on  stools  provided  for  the  purpose, 
and  the  pall-bearers  gathered  in  a  semi-circle  around  it, 
closely  pressed  by  the  j^eople,  who  had  been  previously 
admitted  to  the  room.  Here  they  stood  for  some  time, 
no  one  seeming  to  know  what  to  do  next,  when,  after 
consultation  with  Alderman  Adams,  Mayor  Tiemann  spoke 
as  follows : 

By  the  arrangements  of  the  Committee,  the  remains  will  now  be 
taken  charge  of  by  the  Guard  of  Honor.  As  they  are  marching  in, 
the  company  present  will  be  dismissed. 

The  pall-bearers  then  departed,  and  the  crowd  about 
the  coffin  now  became  so  great,  and  the  curiosity  to  see 
it  so  intense,  that  the  room  had  to  be  cleared  to  give  the 
Guard  a  chance  to  move.  The  rest  of  the  military  were 
dismissed  abont  a  quarter-past  seven.     Company  C,  of  the 


OF   JAMES    MOXEOE.  93 

Eighth  Regiment,  Capt.  Burger,  was  detailed  to  stand 
guard  over  the  body  during  the  night,  and  several  vacan- 
cies were  j^romptly  filled  bv  volunteers  from  other  com- 
panies in  the  Regiment,  There  were  ten  men  on  guard 
for  two  hours,  when  they  were  relieved  for  four  hours, 
and  so  on  through  the  night.  Xext  morning  they  Avere 
relieved  by  Company  F,  who  took  charge  of  the  remains 
until  the  Seventh  Regiment  apjoeared. 

THE  ARRANGEMENTS  FOR  THE  3d  JULY. 
'Next  morning,  about  half-past  ten,  the  remains  were 
escorted  to  the  steamer  Jamestown  by  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment, where  they  were  formally  delivered  to  the  Com- 
mittee of  Virginians,  by  John  Cochrane,  on  behalf  of  the 
city.  The  Seventh  Regiment  then  embarked  on  the 
steamer  Ericsson,  which  they  had  chartered,  for  Rich- 
mond. The  Committee  of  the  Virginians  and  the  Com- 
mon Council,  and  a  guard  of  twenty  of  the  Seventh  Re- 
giment, under  command  of  Lieutenants  W.  R.  Harrison 
and  G.  W.  Turnbull,  accompanied  the  remains  on  the 
Jamestown. 

SUN-STROKE   IN   THE   PROCESSION. 

The  only  accident  which  occurred  to  mar  the  proceed- 
ings was  that  one  of  the  color-bearers  of  the  Eighth 
Regiment  was  sun-struck  Avhile  in  line,  and  had  to  be 
taken  home. 

During  the  moving  of  the  j^rocession  minute-guns 
were  fired  from  the  Xavy  Yard,  Fort  Hamilton,  and 
other  naval  stations,  and  numbers  of  city  bells  pealed 
forth  the  funeral  toll. 

TEN  O'CLOCK  P.M. 

The  City  Hall  was  brilliantly  lighted,  and  the  Governor's 
Room  was  thrown  open  to  the  public.  Xumbers  of  our 
citizens  and  strangers  availed  themselves  of  the  op- 
portunity to  pay  a  tribute  of  respect  to  Monroe's  mom- 


94  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

V 

oiy.  The  Eighth  Regiment  were  on  guard,  and  were 
very  courteous  to  strangers.  The  Hall  remained  open 
durinor  the  nio-ht. 

THE  REMAINS  OF  MONROE  HONORED  BY  A  SALUTE 
FROM  THE  PERSIA. 

The  Royal  Mail  Steamship  Persia,  Captain  Judkins, 
gave  notice  that  a  salute  would  be  fired  by  her  on  the 
occasion  of  the  sailing  of  the  steamer  Jamestown,  in 
honor  of  the  departure  of  the  remains  of  President 
Monroe  for  Richmond. 


The  Remains  removed  from  the  City  Hall  to  the  Steamer  James- 
town—Parade of  the  Seventh  Regiment— Five  Thousand  Per- 
sons witness  their  Departure  on  board  the  Ericsson  —  The 
Remains  delivered  to  the  Virginian  Committee  on  board  the 
Jamestown— Addresses  of  Hon.  John  Cochrane,  Mr.  O.  Jennings 
"Wise,  and  Mayor  Tiemann— Scenes  on  the  Docks,  etc. 

In  pursuance  of  the  arrangements  of  the  Committee, 
the  National  Guard  formed  in  Lafayette  Place,  on  the 
morning  of  the  3d  July,  at  ten  o'clock.  There  was  a 
large  concourse  of  people  present  from  an  early  hour,  and 
several  fashionably-dressed  ladies  occupied  prominent 
places,  where  a  view  of  the  parade  could  be  had.  Owing 
to  some  unaccountable  delay,  however,  the  formation  of 
the  Regiment  did  not  take  place  until  near  eleven  o'clock. 
The  men  were  attired  in  full  uniform — gray  pantaloons, 
and  knapsacks.  The  colors  were  shrouded  with  crape, 
and  the  drums  were  also  covered  with  black.  The  Regi- 
ment paraded  to  the  number  of  five  hundred  and  sixteen 
ofiicers  and  men.  The  following  comprised  the  field  and 
staff: 

Colonel  Duryea, 1 

Lieutenant-Colonel  LefFerts, 1 

Major  Crawford, 1 

Adjutant  Pond, 1 

Captain  of  Engineers  Launitz, 1 

Pay-Master     Carpenter, 1 

Quarter-mafiter  Winchester, 1 


OF  JAMES  :>roxROE.  95 

Ordinance  Officer  Dros, 1 

Aid — Captain   Cragin, 1 

Troop  of  Horse, 30 

Company  1 — Captain  Bensel, 50 

Company  2 — Captain  Shaler, 54 

Company  3 — Captain  Price, 51 

Company  4 — Captain  Riblet, 48 

Company  5 — Captain  Speaight, 52 

Company  6 — Captain  K"evers, 54 

Company  7 — Captain  Monroe, 51 

Company  8 — Brevet-Colonel  Shuraway, 48 

Company — (Engineers,) 1 

Drummers, 17 

Band, 45 

The  regiment  presented  a  fine  appearance,  and  elicited 
warm  marks  of  approbation  from  all  present,  including 
Mr.  O.  Jennings  Wise,  Mr.  Mumford,  Colonel  Peyton, 
and  other  Virginia  gentlemen,  who  Avere  early  on  the 
ground.  The  Regiment,  shortly  after  eleven  o'clock, 
broke  into  column  by  companies,  and  marched  down  Great 
Jones  street.  Broadway  presented -a  very  animated  ap- 
pearance, and,  as  on  the  previous  day,  was  densely 
crowded.  The  windows  and  balconies  of  the  hotels, 
stores,  private  houses,  and  unfinished  buildings,  were  also 
filled  with  spectators,  who,  however,  maintained  that  de- 
corum which  the  occasion  demanded.  Some  of  the  es- 
tablishments on  the  line  of  march  were  draped  in  mourn- 
ing. The  stores  at  the  corners  of  Broome  street,  and  the 
mourning  store,  579  Broadway,  were  handsomely  fes- 
tooned with  white  and  black  crape.  One  of  the  stores 
exhibited  a  monument  with  the  following  inscription  : 

JAMES    MONROE., 

OF   VIRGIXIA, 

DIED     FOURTH     JL'LY,     1831. 

AGED    74    YEARS, 

As  the  Regiment  proceeded,  the  crowd  increased,  and 
by  the  time  it  reached  the  Park,  there  could  not  have 
been  less  than  fiv^e  or  six  thousand  persons  present. 


96  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 

V 

THE   CITY   HALL. 

From  an  early  hour  on  the  morning  of  the  3d,  the  Go- 
vernor's Room,  in  which  the  remains  were  left  under  a 
guard  of  honor  of  the  Eighth  Regiment,  Company  C,  under 
command  of  Captain  Burger,  was  crowded  by  citizens  and 
strangers.  The  arrangements  made  by  the  Committee 
for  admitting  the  public,  were  very  satisfactory,  and  no 
confusion  arose.  During  the  night  the  Guard  was  re- 
lieved three  times,  ten  men  on  duty  at  a  time  ;  and  at 
seven  o'clock  yesterday  morning  Company  F,  Captain 
Buck,  took  charge  of  the  remains. 

At  ten  o'clock  precisely  the  funeral-car,  drawn  by  eight 
gray  horses,  drove  up  to  the  City  Hall,  and  was  quickly 
surrounded  by  a  large  and  inquiring  crowd.  At  a  quarter- 
past  eleven,  the  Seventh  Regiment,  preceded  by  a  troop 
of  horse,  entered  the  Park  and  formed  in  line.  A  com- 
pany of  Greys  took  up  their  position  in  double  file  from 
the  entrance  to  the  Hall  down  to  the  funeral-car.  The 
Mayor,  the  Virginians,  and  the  members  of  the  Common 
Council,  then  ascended  to  the  Governor's  Room,  and  as- 
sembled around  the  coffin.  After  waiting  for  some  time, 
the  Mayor  advanced  to  the  head  of  the  coffin,  and  stated 
that  he  had  been  requested  to  make  a  few  remarks,  intro- 
ducing Mr.  Cochrane,  who  had  been  deputed  to  deliver 
the  remains  to  the  Virginia  authorities,  on  the  part  of  the 
city  of  New-York.  Mr.  Cochrane  had  not  arrived,  and 
as  time  was  pressing,  and  they  wished  to  remove  the  re- 
mains to  the  steamer,  he  would  read  what  he  had  to  say. 
The  Mayor  then  read  as  follows  : 

Sir:  It  is  now  twenty-seven  years  since  the  body  of  the  statesman 
and  patriot,  James  Monroe,  the  remains  of  whom  now  lie  before  us, 
were  deposited  in  the  tomb,  from  which  they  have  just  been  exhumed 
amid  every  demonstration  of  respect  on  the  part  of  the  people  and 
authorities  of  this  city,  not  only  for  the  high  position  he  once  occu- 
pied, as  Chief  Magistrate  of  this  our  country,  but  for  his  elevated 
character,  and  the  important  services  he  had  rendered  to  the  Union. 
K^ew-York,  still  cherishing  his  memory,  has  marked  the  event  of  the 


OF    JAMES   MONROE.  9/ 

disinterment  of  his  remains,  for  the  purpose  of  their  being  laid  be- 
neath the  soil  of  his  native  State,  Virginia,  with  that  respect  which 
is  due  a  devoted  patriot  and  honored  citizen.  The  State  of  Virginia 
has  delegated  a  Committee  to  receive  them  from  the  authorities  of 
this  city.  You  have  been  selected  by  the  Committee  of  Arrange- 
ments of  the  Common  Council,  to  make  this  delivery  on  their  behalf, 
and  this  important  duty  is  intrusted  to  you,  with  the  full  assurance, 
that  it  will  be  performed  in  a  manner  not  only  becoming  the  solem- 
nity of  the  occasion,  but  the  exalted  character  of  the  deceased. 

His  Honor  then  directed  Mr.  Wilson,  the  undertaker, 
to  remove  the  remains. 

The  coffin  was  then  taken  up  by  six  bearers,  and,  fol- 
lowed by  the  pall-bearers,  sentries,  committee-men,  etc., 
was  carried  down  and  placed  in  the  funeral-car. 

Whilst  the  coffin  was  being  placed  in  the  hearse,  the 
National  Guard  presented  arms,  the  drums  rolled,  and 
all  the  military  honors  paid  to  a  President  of  the  United 
States  were  gone  through.  The  Regiment  then  broke 
into  columns,  and,  preceded  by  the  band  and  staif,  march- 
ed to  slow  time  down  Broadway  to  Liberty  street,  into 
West,  and  on  to  pier  Xo.  13,  where  the  steamer  was  lying. 

The  scene  on  the  dock  and  its  vicinity  was  indeed  a 
most  imposing  sight.  Hundreds  congregated  upon  the 
ships,  steamers,  house-tops,  and  wherever  a  view  could  be 
had,  to  witness  the  procession  as  it  passed.  Even  the 
roofing  which  covers  the  pier  was  filled  with  people,  and 
to  such  an  extent  that  it  was  at  first  feared  it  would  fall 
in.  One  very  striking  feature  in  the  ceremonies  w^as,  that 
when  the  remains  passed  through  the  crowd  on  the  dock, 
hardly  a  head  could  be  seen  covered.  Extending  across 
pier  Xo.  14,  and  directly  in  front  of  the  covering  over  the 
dock,  was  draped  in  deep  mourning  the  following  inscrip- 
tion : 

TO   THE   MEMORY    OF   DEPARTED   WORTH. 

After  the  Seventh  Regiment  had  gone  through  the  re- 
gular ceremonies,  and  the  hearse  had  reached  the  gang- 
plank  leadmg  to  the  steamer,  the  guard  right-about  faced, 
5 


08  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

V 

and  marched  off  the  dock,  and  proceeded  immediately  to 
the  steamer  Ericsson,  foot  of  Beach  street. 

DELIVERY    OF    THE    REMAINS  — HON.    JOHN    COOH- 
RANE'S  ADDRESS,  AND  MR.  O.  J.  "WISE'S  REPLY. 

The  Jamestown  was  newly  painted,  and  very  tastefully 
draped  in  mourning  for  the  occasion.  The  coffin  was 
carried  to  the  quarter-deck  and  set  upon  a  low  pedestal 
beneath  an  awning.  The  Hon.  Mr.  Cochrane,  Mayor 
Tiemann,  the  relatives  of  the  family,  the  pall-bearers, 
members  of  the  corporation,  etc.,  assembled  around,  Mr. 
Cochrane  and  Mr.  O  Jennings  Wise  standin<r  at  the  head 
of  the  coffin. 

Mr.  Cochrane  then  advanced,  and  in  a  most  impressive 
and  solemn  manner,  delivered  the  following  address : 

It  is  now  more  than  thirtj^  years  since  a  venerable  stranger  arrived 
in  the  city  of  New- York.  The  storms  of  state  had  bent  his  form, 
and  private  care  was  written  on  his  brow.  Released  from  the  bur- 
den of  official  responsibilities,  which  he  had  never  shunned,  he 
sought  in  our  scenes  the  tranquillity  he  craved  so  much.  From  this 
retreat  he  securely  contemplated  the  eventful  vicissitudes  of  the 
world  he  had  left,  nor  once  regretted  its  honors,  or  missed  its  ap- 
plause. A  domestic  circle  opened  at  his  approach,  kindred  hearts 
cherished  him,  and  the  slope  of  his  life  gently  declined,  amid  troops 
of  friends,  to  the  music  of  household  associations.  All  revered  him  ; 
sauntering  steps  quickened  at  his  appearance  ;  the  citizen  paused  on 
the  way,  and  the  stranger  in  the  gate,  to  look  where  passed  James 
Monroe.  It  is  thought  by  our  city  an  honor  thus  to  have  sheltered 
the  gathering  years  of  one  who  had  been  the  fifth  President  of  the 
United  States.  A  short  time,  however,  passed,  and  the  familiar  form 
was  seen  no  more.  As  if  commissioned,  on  the  anniversary  of  our 
country's  independence,  to  bear  a  nation's  gratitude  to  the  Presence 
on  High,  his  spirit  burst  its  thraldom  in  that  jubilee  of  freedom.  He 
was  mourned  as  only  the  good  are  mourned.  He  has  never  been 
forgotten.  Earth  has  been  strewed  with  the  recurring  tributes  of 
more  than  twenty-five  years  of  decay,  and  still  the  public  heart  has 
kept  sentry  at  his  grave.  Seasons  have  come  and  gone ;  moons 
waxed  and  grown  dim  ;  and  while  all  was  changing,  still  unchanged 
has  been  the  memory  of  N'ew-York,  that  low  upon  its  lap  was  laid 
the  head  of  James  Monroe  of  Virginia.     Inviolate  has  been  held  the 


OF    JAMES    MONROE.  99 

sacred  charge.  It  is  true  that  his  deeds  live  after  him,  a  common 
heritage  for  all;  but  his  body  descended  to  the  tomb,  to  await  there- 
tidings  from  the  State  he  loved  so  ■well.  Those  tidings  came,  and  our 
city  paused;  they  came,  and  the  busy  mart  was  hushed.  It  was  the 
demand  of  the  father  for  his  son — it  was  the  voice  of  the  mother 
seeking  for  her  child.  Men's  hearts  were  touched  by  the  appeal,  and 
the  very  dead  was  stirred  to  filial  sympathy.  From  his  place  of 
early  sepulture  we  have  removed  the  illustrious  departed,  and  have 
borne  his  body  hither,  Virginians,  to  you.  As  we  have  come,  the 
minute-gun  has  announced,  to  land  and  sea,  the  sad  funeral  transit, 
and  the  nation  veils  its  standards  to  our  solemn  rites.  And  it  is  meet 
that  it  should  be  so.  By  no  sacrilegious  summons,  but  with  a  reve- 
rent awe,  has  the  silence  of  a  former  age  been  broken — the  repose 
of  its  mighty  dead  disturbed,  and  the  memory  of  the  sa^e,  like  the 
lights  of  the  tomb  of  Terentia,  have  diffused  a  genial  radiance  abroad. 
A  general  attention  has  been  concentrated  upon  the  revelation.  The 
sacred  truths  of  the  olden  time  attend  upon  these  hearsed  bones,  and 
have  moved  in  procession  with  them.  Again  we  seem  to  witness  the 
old  ancestral  patriotism ;  again  to  listen  to  the  precepts  of  a  wisdom 
that  no  longer  walks  the  earth  ;  again  the  fathers  are  with  us,  and 
we  move  as  within  the  halo  of  their  presence.  Virginians,  we  bring 
you  here  the  casket  we  have  guarded  ;  we  now  commit  to  your 
hands  what  so  long  has  been  intrusted  to  our  own.  Our  work  is 
finished,  our  duties  done.  "We  surrender  to  you  this  mortal ;  you 
will  crown  it  with  emblematical  immortality.  We  deliver  to  you 
this  perishing  record  of  the  past ;  you  will  inscribe  upon  it  that  just- 
ice he  so  affectingly  craved  of  you  for  his  memory  in  the  future. 
Virginia — mother — it  is  thus  that  New-York  gives  back  to  you 
your  son. 

As  soon  as  Mr.  Cochrane  had  concluded,  Mr.  O.  Jen- 
nings Wise  (son  of  Gov.  Wise)  spoke  as  follows  : 

Mr.  Cochrane,  Mayor  Tiemann,  Gentlemen  of  the  Board  of  Common 
Council  and  Board  of  Aldermen,  fellow-citizens  of  New- York,  and 
you,  fellow-citizens  of  Virginia,  now  resident  in  this  great  metropolis, 
my  colleagues  and  myself  ai*e  instructed  by  the  Governor  of  Virginia 
to  tender  to  you,  to  each  and  all  of  you,  the  sincere  and  earnest 
gratitude  of  the  people  of  Virginia,  for  the  general  sympathy  and 
kind  cooperation  with  which  you  have  volunteered  in  the  perform- 
ance of  a  filial  duty — by  your  kind  participation  in  the  honors  pre- 
scribed by  the  association  of  Virginia,  to  be  paid  to  the  mortal  re- 
mains and  undying  memory  of  James  Monroe.     In  expressing  thus 


100  REMOVAL    OF    THE    KEMAINS 

V 

the  thanks  of  the  State  of  Virginia,  in  obedience  to  our  orders,  it  is 
perhaps,  inappropriate,  gentlemen,  that  we  should  venture  upon  any 
further  expressions  of  the  sentiments  which  have  just  been  so  happily 
expressed,  and  which  tend  so  much  to  raise  the  hearts  and  minds  of 
all  of  us  upon  a  level  with  the  dignity  of  this  occasion  ;  but  I  can 
not  abstain  from  some  slight  reference  to  those  memories  so  dear  to 
us  all,  especially  to  those  memories  in  which  Xew-York  and  Yirgi 
nia  have  a  special  interest,  I  can  not  abstain  from  some  reference  to 
the  examples  of  James  Monroe — to  call  your  minds,  gentlemen,  to 
the  true  nature  of  the  solemn  ceremonies  we  are  called  upon  to  per- 
form. This  is  no  mere  pageant  of  State  pride ;  it  is  not  even  a  tri- 
bute— a  mere  tribute — to  the  affection  of  those  to  whom  James 
Monroe  was  dearest  while  in  life ;  but  this  is  a  political  solemnity. 
It  is  one  of  those  political  solemnities  which  are  always  necessary,  in 
order  to  preserve  a  Republican  government,  by  perpetuating  the 
great  traditions  of  public  virtue.  It  is,  then,  to  the  example  of 
James  Monroe  that  I  would  point  your  attention.  It  is  his  example 
that  we  are  assembled  to  embalm  in  the  hearts  of  the  people — the 
first  great  example  of  unswerving  devotion  to  truth  and  liberty — the 
example  of  patriotism,  which  found  no  sacrifice  too  great  for  his 
country's  good — the  example  of  enduring  application  to  every  branch 
of  study  which  could  be  wiekled  for  its  benefit,  and  the  many  ex- 
amples of  personal  wisdom,  which  he  has  imprinted  upon  her  history 
for  her  future  guidance  and  her  destiny.  Gentlemen,  the  time  at  my 
disposal  does  not  permit  me  to  dwell  at  length  upon  all  these  memo- 
ries ;  but  there  are  some  too  precious  to  us  all  to  be  at  all  neglected. 
More  than  eighty  years  ago  a  high-spirited  Virginian  boy  obtained 
a  commission  in  the  Continental  army.  He  won  honors  at  Brandy- 
wine,  Monmouth,  and  Germantown,  He  accompanied  the  retreat 
through  Jersey,  by  Washington's  side,  in  '76,  to  cross  the  Delaware, 
and  won  a  captaincy  by  an  honorable  wound  at  Trenton.  But,  gen- 
tlemen, this  was  not  the  opening  of  his  military  career.  It  was  at 
Harlem  and  "White  Plains  that  he  drew  his  sword  in  defense  of  his 
common  country.  Gentlemen  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  you  have 
assembled  to  do  honor  to  the  memory  of  a  fellow-soldier  of  New- 
York.  I  pass  over  the  succeeding  memories.  We  can  not  pause  to 
contemplate  the  patient  student  in  the  law-office  of  Jefferson,  who 
neglected  the  science  of  special  pleadings  to  devote  himself  espe- 
cially to  the  study  of  national  law.  We  pass  over  even  his  initiation 
into  the  civil  service  of  the  country,  as  a  member  of  the  Legislature 
of  Virginia.  We  may  pause  a  moment  to  look  upon  him  in  Con- 
gress in  1*788.     At  that  time.  James  Monroe  voted  against  the  accept- 


OF   JAMES    :M0NR0E.  101 

ance  of  the  Federal  Constitution.  The  error,  grave  as  it  was,  though 
but  of  judgment — and  he  recognized  it  in  his  later  life — would  have 
sunk,  would  have  martyrized  any  man  of  mere  ordinary  efficiency  ; 
he  would  have  been  a  martj'r  to  the  Union  party.  JS^ot  so  with 
James  Monroe.  It  was  recognized  by  the  people  of  Virginia,  and  of 
the  United  States,  that  his  services  were  indispensable.  Two  years 
afterwards,  the  Legislature  of  Virginia  elevated  him  to  the  Senate 
of  the  United  States,  and  shortly  after  that,  the  great  leader  of  the 
Union  party  gave  him  an  important  post  of  Minister  to  France  ;  and 
here,  gentlemen,  we  approach  the  period  of  a  much  greater  triumph 
— the  severest  struggle,  the  proudest  triumph  that  marks  the  career 
of  James  Monroe.  At  this  time,  the  Presidential  chair  was  occupied 
by  a  man  of  such  spotless  purity  of  character,  who  had  performed 
the  greatest  services  for  his  country,  with  an  intellect  so  high  above 
the  capacity  of  most  men,  that  his  words  fell  upon  the  ears  of  his 
countrymen  as  if  spoken  by  the  voice  of  inspiration  itself ;  corrup- 
tion, weakness,  incapacity,  and  infidelity,  shrank  before  him,  before 
his  words,  as  they  were  anathemas  pronounced  by  an  angel  of  God. 
It  was  in  pursuance  of  his  injunction  and  policy,  that  James  Monroe 
called  for  the  support  of  the  people  of  the  United  States.  It  was 
James  Monroe  himself  who  prepared  his  own  vindication,  and  it  was 
a  vindication  as  conclusive  to  himself  as  it  was  conclusive  to  the 
President,  The  State  of  Virginia  gave  a  verdict  in  his  favor,  and 
expressed  their  approbation  by  electing  him  chief  executive ;  from 
that,  James  Monroe  accepted  a  second  time  the  office  of  Minister  to 
France.  Here,  gentlemen,  is  another  memory  which  proves  that 
New-York,  above  all  other  cities  of  the  Union,  has  a  right  to  feel  a 
great  interest  in  this  ceremony.  It  was  during  that  service  that  he, 
in  conjunction  with  New-York's  accomplished  and  patriotic  son, 
Robert  Livingston,  negotiated  for  the  purchase  of  Louisiana.  But  I 
find,  gentlemen,  I  am  intruding  too  much  upon  your  time,  and  I  will 
confine  myself  to  a  few  of  these  memories.  While  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution,  and  the  exponent  of  the  war  of  1812,  the  statesman  who, 
during  thiit  war,  had  controlled  the  pen,  the  sword,  and  the  purse 
of  the  State  simultaneously,  when  he  became  President  of  the  United 
States,  was  Commander-in-chief  of  the  army,  by  reason  more  of  his 
capacity  and  efficiency,  than  his  political  station — the  first  official 
act  almost  of  James  Monroe,  as  Commander-in-chief,  was  to  inspect 
the  military  fortifications  and  war  defenses  of  New-York.  There  is 
another  memory  to  which  we  should  refer  at  oil  times,  especially  in 
the  hour  of  danger  to  the  Republic,  when  faction  divides  us  within, 
or  forei^cn  foes  threaten  us  from  without,  whenever — from  Avhatever 


102  REMOVAL    OF^  THE   EEMAIXS 

the  cause  be — it  becomes  necessary  to  make  all  and  every  sacrifice 
for  the  weal  of  the  Commonwealth.  We  can  call  to  mind  when  two 
aged  men  met  together  here  to  recount  over  the  toils  and  sacrifices 
tliey  had  endured  and  volunteered,  and  to  count  over  the  treasure 
of  republican  virtue,  which  they  were  proud  to  leave  to  their  child- 
ren, and  their  children's  children — when  James  Monroe  and  Lafa- 
yette joined  hands  for  the  last  time  in  the  name  of  the  Republic  and 
liberty.  There  are  two  other  memories  which  mark  the  decline  of 
the  life  of  James  Monroe.  Devoted  unceasingly  to  the  service  of  his 
country ;  obliged  to  resign  offices  in  rapid  succession — to  chase  "from 
one  to  another  in  the  constant  claim  on  his  patriotic  efiiciency^he 
had  no  time  to  devote  to  the  cares  of  his  private  fortunes.  He  re- 
signed his  ofiice  of  President  of  the  United  States,  to  go  to  a  home 
of  poverty  and  want.  (Sensation.)  Gentlemen,  a  modern  writer 
has  touchingly  observed,  that  "  dignity  in  poverty  is  like  the  scent 
of  the  wild  rose — ^none  linger  by  the  wayside  to  catch  the  fragrance 
of  its  perfume."  But,  thank  God,  when  a  man  has  devoted  toil  and 
treasure  to  the  service  of  his  country,  and  when  he  has  retired  from 
the  highest  positions  with  honor,  maintained  honor,  then  we  witness 
one  of  those  moments  when  we  can  all  stand  with  uncovered  heads 
in  the  presence  of  honorable  poverty.  (Emotion.)  It  was  all  that 
time  that  kind  hands  and  tender  hearts  helped  the  poverty  of  James 
Monroe  in  the  city  of  New-York.  This,  gentlemen,  gives  you  a 
right  to  participate  in  this  ceremony,  a  right  which  Virginia  would 
never  question,  but  would  most  cheerfully  relinquish  before  it  was 
asserted.  And  New-York  gave  him  a  tomb  in  that  beautiful  ceme- 
terj',  secured  from  public  intrusion,  but  honored  with  public  grati- 
tude. To  return  thanks  for  all  these  duties  which  the  citizens  of 
New-York  have  performed  towards  James  Monroe,  is  a  task  too 
great  for  my  feeble  abilities.  I  know  no  fitting  mode  in  which  to 
present  the  thanks  of  Virginia  for  this  great  benefit ;  but  I  can  not 
conclude  without  reference  to  a  matter  for  the  vindication  of  the 
honor  of  my  native  State.  I  have  heard  it  said  by  some  that  Virgi- 
nia has  allowed  these  hallowed  remains  to  continue  too  long  unnotic- 
ed by  the  public  gratitude.  Permit  me  to  say  that  I  can  not 
concur  in  this  censure  on  the  gratitude  of  my  State.  You  know,  I 
know,  that  James  Monroe's  head  was  bowed  down  to  the  grave, 
partly  by  a  series  of  personal  animosities  and  political  acerbities, 
which  chased  him  even  to  the  tomb.  "Was  it  not,  then,  appropriate, 
exceedingly  proper,  that  every  memory  of  dissent,  every  voice  of 
dissonance,  and  every  discordant  tone,  should  be  allowed  to  die 
away,  and  be  obliterated  from  the  minds  of  men,  before  Virginia 


OF    JAMES    MONROE.  lOo 

proceeded,  in  the  fullness  of  time,  to  pay  the  merited  honor  to  the 
remains  of  her  illustrious  dead  ? 

DEPARTUKE    OP    THE   ERICSSON. 

On  the  arrival  of  the  Regiment  at  the  steamer's  dock, 
there  were  no  less  than  five  thousand  present  to  witness 
their  departure,  among  them  a  large  number  of  ladies, 
the  steamers  Washington  and  Hermann,  which  lay  in  the 
slips  adjoining  the  Ericsson,  being  crowded  with  the  fair 
sex. 

It  was  nearly  half-past  twelve  o'clock  when  the  Regi- 
ment arrived  at  the  pier,  and  immediately  marched  on 
board,  by  gang-planks  both  fore  and  aft  the  vessel.  The 
men  were  soon  drawn  up  in  line  on  the  hurricane-deck 
at  a  shoulder-arms.  Here  they  remained  in  the  above 
position  until  the  captain  of  the  steamer  gave  orders  to 
"  let  go,"  and  the  steamer  began  to  move  out  into  the 
stream.  As  soon  as  the  wheels  of  the  Ericsson  were  in 
motion,  several  hearty  cheers  went  up,  both  from  those 
on  the  dock  and  the  guard  on  board  the  steamer.  The 
Ericsson  soon  headed  for  the  Xarrows,  and  fired  a  salute, 
which  was  returned  from  the  Washington,  Hermann,  and 
Baltic,  at  the  same  time  dipping  their  colors.  As  the 
Ericsson  moved  down  the  river,  a  long  white  color  un- 
folded itself,  which  displayed  in  black  letters,  "  X.  G." 
When  opposite  Jersey  City,  the  Royal  Mail  steamship  Per- 
sia fired  a  salute,  and  almost  every  steamship,  packet,  and 
steam-tug  appeared  to  jom  in  paying  honor  to  the  occa- 
sion. On  their  way  down  the  bay  the  government  forts 
commenced  firing  minute-guns,  which  was  kept  up  until 
after  the  departure  of  the  Jamestown. 

DEPARTURE   OF   THE  JAMESTOWN". 

After  the  ceremonies  had  been  concluded,  the  coffin 
was  removed  to  the  forward  upper  deck  and  deposited 
m  the  cabin  arranged  for  its  reception,  the  guard  being 


104  REMOVAL    6F   the    REMAINS 

left  in  charge.  The  Committee  of  the  Common  Council 
and  Virginia  Committee,  together  with  their  guests, 
amused  themselves  during  the  remainder  of  the  time  in 
and  about  the  steamer,  talking  over  the  incidents  of  the 
day,  until  the  time  of  her  departure.  At  a  little  before 
three  o'clock  Mayor  Tiemann,  accompanied  by  Hon.  Dan- 
iel E.  Sickels,  drove  up  on  the  pier,  and  were  received  by 
the  Committee  on  board  the  vessel.  Here  they  remained 
until  the  departure  of  the  steamer,  when  they,  wishing 
all  a  safe  journey  to  Richmond,  bade  them  adieu. 

There  were  about  one  thousand  persons  present  to  wit- 
ness the  departure  of  the  Jamestown,  and  as  she  departed 
the  Persia  again  fired  several  salutes,  and  the  forts  below 
kept  up  firing  their  minute-guns  until  she  was  clear  out 
of  sight. 


OF    JAMES    MONROE.  105 


VOYAGE    IN    THE    JAMESTOWN. 


The  Salutes  to  the  Jamestown  on  leaving  New-York— the  Guard 
of  the  Bemains— Guests  on  board— Incidents  of  the  Voyage— Re- 
ception at  Norfolk  Harbor— "Welcome  by  the  Mayor  and  City 
Council  and  Naval  Officers— Keception  at  Kichmond,  etc. 

As  the  Jamestown  shot  out  from  her  moorings  on  Sat- 
m-clay,  the  3d  July,  at  three  o'clock  P.M.,  Pier  13,  l^orth 
River,  she  was  received  with  simultaneous  salutes  from 
vessels  and  piers  on  both  sides  of  the  river,  and  in  the 
stream.  From  the  Cunard  steamer  Persia,  the  Havre, 
Hamburgh,  and  Bremen  lines  of  steamships,  the  revenue 
cutter  Harriet  Lane,  and  multitudes  of  smaller  craft,  and 
the  forts  on  Governor's  Island,  the  booming  guns  sent 
forth  a  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Monroe,  while  the  flags 
of  all  the  shipping  were  run  down  at  half-mast.  The 
Jamestown  took  a  turn  a  short  distance  up  the  river, 
acknowledging  the  salutes  by  dipping  her  flag  to  half- 
mast,  and  then  took  her  course  for  the  South.  In  the 
lower  bay  she  was  saluted  by  the  yacht  Favorita,  and 
likewise  on  passing  Fort  Hamilton. 

The  body  of  the  Ex-President  was  placed  in  the  gen- 
tlemen's sitting-room  on  the  upper  deck  of  the  James- 
town, which  w^as  appropriately  draped  with  black  and 
white  muslin  festoons  and  rosettes  for  the  occasion.  A 
special  guard  of  twenty  men  was  detailed  from  the  Sev- 
enth Regiment  to  guard  the  body  on  the  passage  down, 
who  were  the  guests  of  the  steamship  company.  The 
detachment  was  under  command  of  Lieutenant  "W". 
K.  Harrison  and  Lieutenant  George  W.  Turnbull,  and 
two  Sergeants,  the  remaining  sixteen  men  being  detailed, 
two  from  each  company,  from  this  service.  On  the  passage 
down,  two  men  were  placed  on  guard  at  a  time,  being 
relieved  every  two  hours,  so  that  the  men  liad  two  hours 


106  REMOVAL    Oi*  THE    REMAINS 

on  guard  and  six  hours  off.  Messrs,  O.  Jennings  Wise, 
and  William  Mumford,  of  the  Richmond  Committee,  had 
especial  charge  of  the  remains,  and  the  delegation  from 
the  Xew-York  Virginians,  consisting  of  Major  Henry 
Hill,  U.S.A.,  Major  Anderson,  J.  A.  Paterson,  Dr.  Den- 
nis, and  A.  R.  Wood,  accompanied  them  as  an  escort. 
The  Joint  Committee  of  the  Common  Council,  of  which 
Alderman  Adams  was  Chairman,  who  had  charge  of  the 
obsequies  in  New- York,  and  Hon.  John  Cochrane,  were 
also  on  board,  all  being  the  guests  of  the  steamship  com- 
pany, who  made  every  thing  as  agreeable  as  possible. 
Captain  Parish  and  Purser  J.  M.  Smith  sustained  the  re- 
putation for  urbanity  and  attention  which  they  had  ac- 
quired by  their  long  experience  on  this  line. 

The  voyage  to  Norfolk  harbor  was  not  distinguished 
much  from  ordinary  sea-voyages,  except  that  the  most 
desirable  weather  prevailed.  Sunday  was  so  generally 
observed  on  board  as  to  suit  the  tastes  of  the  most  rigid 
Sabbatarian,  notwithstanding  the  proverb  that  "there  is 
no  Sunday  outside  of  seven  fathoms  water."  The  James- 
town carried  her  flag  at  half-mast  during  the  entire  trip, 
as  also  the  flag  of  the  company.  At  ten  o'clock  on  Sun- 
day morning  the  Roanoke,  of  the  same  line,  passed,  dip- 
ping her  flag  to  half-mast  in  honor  of  the  occasion,  and 
tiring  a  gun,  which  was  acknowledged  from  the  James- 
town. 

THE  KECEPTION  IN   WORFOLK  HARBOR. 

Much  surprise  was  manifested  at  not  overtaking  the 
Ericsson,  with  the  Seventh  Regiment  on  board.  It  was 
not  believed  that  she  could  have  been  passed  during  the 
night,  and  all  eyes  were  constantly  on  the  look-out  to  try 
and  descry  her  in  the  distance.  On  reaching  Norfolk 
harbor,  off  Cape  Henry,  a  heavily-loaded  river  steamer 
was  discovered  bearing  down  upon  the  Jamestown, 
which,  upon  a  nearer  approach,  proved  to  be  the  Curtis 


OF   JAMES    MOXROE.  107 

Peck,  a  former  Xew-York  steamboat,  but  now  owned  at 
N^orfolk,  which  had  gone  out  with  the  intention  of  meet- 
ing the  Jamestown.  Her  decks,  pilot-house,  guards, 
-wheel-house,  and  bow  were  crowded  so  that  her  guards 
on  the  side  nearest  the  Jamestown  were  buried  in  the 
water.  She  dipped  her  flag  at  half-mast  and  fired  a 
salute  ;  and  a  few  cheers  were  given,  which  were  duly 
acknowledged.  Captain  Parish,  with  a  keen  sense  of  the 
anxieties  of  all  on  board,  hailed  the  pilot  of  the  Curtis 
Peck  and  said  : 

"  Have  you  seen  the  Ericsson  ?" 

"  Xo  ;  we  have  seen  nothing  of  her,''  was  the  reply  ; 
and  the  question : 

»  When  did  she  leave  New-York  ?" 

"  At  one  o'clock  on  Saturday." 

"  When  did  you  leave  ?" 

"  At  three  o'clock  on  Saturday,"  replied  Captain  Par- 
ish. 

The  Curtis  Peck  dropjDed  in  the  wake  of  the  James- 
town, and  kept  her  company  all  the  way  up  to  Norfolk. 
On  reaching  Fort  Monroe,  a  few  miles  above,  on  Old 
Point  Comfort,  named  after  the  illustrious  Ex-President, 
the  booming  of  minute-guns  sent  forth  a  salute  which 
continued  until  the  fort  was  out  of  sight.  At  the  light- 
ship on  Willoughby's  Spit  the  bell  was  tolled  as  the 
Jamestown  passed,  and  soon  after  the  J.  E.  Coffee,  an- 
other North  Piver  boat,  with  excursion  passengers  from 
Norfolk,  ran  alongside  and  gave  a  salute.  All  along  the 
ramparts  of  Fort  Monroe  crowds  of  people  were  gathered, 
and  still  another  excursion  steamboat,  the  Georgia,  left 
the  pier  and  started  to  accompany  the  Jamestown  to 
Norfolk,  and  was  followed  by  the  Powhatan,  another 
boat,  which  made  her  appearance  off  the  Rip  Raps, 
a  pile  of  crude-looking  fortifications  on  an  island  op- 
posite Fort  Monroe,  which  is  on  the  right  as  you  enter 
the  harbor,  and  about  fifteen  miles  from  the  line  of  its 


108  RE:>rovAL  of*  the  remains 

mouth.  Six  miles  farther  up  the  James  River  the  Eliza- 
beth River  pours  into  it  from  the  south,  Norfolk  and 
Portsmouth  being  but  four  or  five  miles  from  the  mouth. 
Here  a  Swedish  merchantman,  lying  in  the  stream,  ran 
up  the  flags  of  all  nations  except,  to  the  astonishment  of 
all,  the  American,  and  fired  a  salute.  As  the  Portsmouth 
Navy  Yard  came  in  sight,  the  well-known  shi2>of-the-line, 
Pennsylvania,  boomed  forth  a  salute,  which  appropriately 
concluded  the  patriotic  reception  which  the  Jamestown 
had  met  with  up  the  harbor. 

THE    KECEPTION    AT    NORFOLK:. 

As  the  Jamestown  rounded  Xorfolk,  the  town  seemed 
alive  with  people  flocking  toward  the  wharf,  and  by  the 
time  that  jDoint  was  reached  by  the  steamer  every  avail- 
able place  on  the  surrounding  sheds  and  wood-j^iles  was 
crowded,  while  a  band  of  music  from  the  Navy  Yard 
played  an  appropriate  air,  and  a  procession,  which  had 
been  formed,  was  drawn  up,  ready  to  receive  the  guests 
of  Virginia,  with  their  precious  charge.  A  procession 
had  been  formed  in  the  market  square,  and  proceeded  to 
the  pier  in  the  following  order : 

Band. 

United  States  Naval  Officers  from  Portsmouth,  consisting  of 

Commander  Dornin, 

Capt.  Tucker,  Capt.  Poore, 

Lieut.  Pegram,  Lieut.  Murdock, 

Lieut.  Broome,  of  the  Marines,  and  others. 

The  Hunter  Woodis  Rifles,  named  after  the  lamented  Mayor  of  N'or- 

folk,  with  the  following  officers  and  sixtj^-five  men  : 

Captain  Lamb, 

Lieut.  Hayman,  Lieut.  Dilworth, 

Lieut.  Gwaltney,  Lieut.  Dawney. 

Maj'or  Lamb  and  the  City  Council. 

Citizens  generally. 

The  Marshals  of  the  procession  were  Myer  Myers, 
Charles  H.  Shields,  Augustus  B.  Cook,  Kader  Briggs, 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  109 

Wmiam  p.  Stewart,  N".  C.  King,  S.  T.  Sawyer,  E.  Hardy. 
The  Hunter  Woodis  Rifles  are  a  new  company,  and,  as 
stated  above,  are  named  after  the  lamented  Mayor  of 
Norfolk,  who  lost  his  life  dming  the  terrible  ravages  of 
the  yellow  fever  in  1855.  The  dress  is  green  frock-coat 
and  pants,  with  black  velvet  stripes,  bordered  with  gold, 
.  and  the  new  army  regulation  hat.  They  presented  a  fine 
appearance,  and  are  certainly  a  credit  to  the  city  of  Nor- 
folk. Among  the  citizens  were  the  members  of  the 
Young  Volunteers  of  Norfolk,  Captain  Robinson,  in  un- 
dress uniform.  They  are  the  oldest  corps  in  Virginia, 
having  been  organized  in  1802.  As  soon  as  the  James- 
town was  moored,  the  officers  of  the  procession  came  on 
board,  and  were  introduced  separately  to  the  representa- 
tives of  the  various  Committees,  after  which  they  were 
escorted  to  the  room  where  the  remains  lay  in  state, 
when  Mayor  Lamb  spoke  as  follows  : 

^WELCOME  TO  NOKFOLK  BY  MAYOR  LAMB. 
Gextlemen  :  Let  the  foreign  and  domestic  foes  of  our  Union  be- 
hold tliis  scene  and  tremble.  Let  the  false  prophets  of  disunion  be- 
hold this  scene  and  forever  close  their  mouths.  A  scene  hallowed 
by  the  day,  this  natal  day  of  the  only  legitimate  Independence  ever 
born  on  earth.  Perdition  to  the  traitor  that  would  attempt  its  life. 
The  spirit  which  at  this  moment  animates  this  assemblage  simulta- 
neously animates  the  hearts  of  all  the  citizens  of  the  Empire  State 
and  the  Old  Dominion,  and  will  ever  cause  them  to  beat  in  perfect 
unison  of  feeling.  On  all  subjects  of  vital  importance  to  our  great 
and  happy  confederacy,  N'ew-York  and  Virginia  are  united  to  a  man, 
and  their  joint  strength  will  overcome  all  efforts  to  destroy  it.  Sir, 
the  land  and  the  sea  may  separate  our  persons,  but  nothing  can  se- 
parate our  hearts.  Gentlemen  of  this  civic  escort,  we  honor  you  for 
your  noble  conduct  on  this  solemn  occasion.  Virginia  will  ever  hold 
in  grateful  remembrance  this  tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  one 
of  her  most  favored  sons.  She  is  grateful  to  New-York  for  her  ten- 
der care  of  his  remains  for  a  long  lapse  of  years  ;  and  although  she 
now  takes  them  under  her  own  care,  she  knows  that  no  links  of 
ancient  friendship  will  be  thereby  broken.  The  legacy  of  which  he 
whose  remains  you  are  now  conveying  to  their  last  resting-place  was 


110  RE-UOVAL    OF  ♦THE    REMAINS 

one  of  the  immortal  testators,  is  a  common  legacy  to  our  whole  coun- 
try, and  will  be  kept  unimpaired  till  time  shall  end.  That  legacy, 
civil  and  religious  liberty,  will  be  a  perpetual  heir-loom  in  our 
households.  Soldiers  of  the  military  escort — soldiers  in  appearance, 
and  in  appearance  more  beautiful  than  language  can  describe — sol- 
diers in  reality,  when  occasion  demands  it,  we  thank  you  for  your 
action  in  this  holy  ceremony.  Can  you  look  upon  your  fellow-sol- 
diers of  Virginia,  who  stand  before  you,  and  not  discover  any  index 
of  their  honest  gratitude  for  the  soldiers'  aid  to  lay  their  hero  in  his 
proper  grave  ?  Can  you  look  upon  your  fellow-soldiers  who  have 
come  to  greet  you  and  not  swear  in  your  hearts  that  you  will  never 
do  battle  together  but  in  a  common  cause  ?  I  know  you  can  not. 
And  if  ever  your  post  be  in  danger,  who  will  be  more  ready  to  fly 
to  3'our  aid  than  your  brother  soldiers  of  our  good  old  common- 
wealth ?  And  her  soldiers  well  know  that  none  will  be  more  ready 
to  fly  to  their  aid  when  their  post  is  in  danger  than  their  gallant 
fellow-soldiers  of  the  mighty  State  of  Xew-York.  So  may  it  be,  so 
it  will  be,  and  members  of  both  escorts,  we  cordially  tender  to  you 
the  hospitalities  of  our  city,  and  well  are  you  worthy  of  them ;  not 
for  your  conduct  on  this  occasion  only,  but  especially  for  your  inde- 
scribable humanity  and  liberality  to  us  in  the  hour  of  need  when 
the  deadly  pestilence  prevailed  among  us,  and  rendered  us  helpless 
until  relieved  by  you.  K'ever,  no,  never  will  we  forget  your  con- 
duct then.  "We  wish  you  could  be  longer  with  us ;  the  longer  you 
stay  among  us  the  greater  your  love  would  be  for  us.  We  hope  this 
will  not  be  your  last  visit  to  us.  "We  assure  you  our  hearts  and  our 
hands  will  be  open  at  all  times  to  all  of  you,  individually  and  col- 
lectively. May  this  interesting  occasion  ever  be  a  bright  spot  in 
3^our  memories,  and  its  concluding  scenes  in  Richmond  a  continued 
source  of  the  most  pleasant  associations. 

Hon.  John  Cochrane,  of  Xe\v-York,  repUed  as  follows: 

MR.  COCHRANE'S  REPLY. 
Gentlemen  of  the  Civic  Authorities  of  Xorfolk  :  I  am  authorized 
by  those  forming  the  Committee  from  JyTew-York  to  say  to  you  a  few 
words  in  response  to  the  remarks  which  have  fallen  from  your 
Maj'or.  We  have  been  exceedingly  proud  to  have  accompanied  the 
remains  of  the  lamented  son  of  Virginia  upon  this  occasion  to  his 
native  State.  We  have  been  proud  to  have  accepted  the  invitation 
of  the  Committee  of  that  State,  We  have  been  proud  thus  to  have 
been  received,  and  we  feel  that  a  great  honor  is  imposed  upon  those 


OF   JAMES   MONROE.  Ill 

■who  have  been  admitted  to  any  part  in  these  ceremonies — at  once  so 
sad,  so  full  of  inspiration,  and  so  solemn.  There  are  themes  -which  it 
is  not  for  men  to  treat  upon  on  occasions  of  this  tender  kind.  They 
are  themes  of  State  pride — of  State  honor.  They  are  themes  which 
connect  l^ew-York  with  Virginia,  and  both  weep  with  this  fraternity 
of  States.  They  are  themes  which,  if  treated  upon  properly  and  at 
length,  would  occupy  the  remaining  hours  of  this  occasion  sacred  to 
religious  rites  and  solemn  memories.  They  are  themes  which  stirred 
the  patriot-hearts  of  our  fathers,  and  which,  I  believe,  now  actuate 
the  patriot-bosoms  of  their  sons.  (Applause.)  These  remains  which 
lie  at  our  feet,  are  those  which  form  the  connecting  link  between 
3'ou  and  us.  You  are  proud  of  the  son  whom  Virginia  possessed  and 
whom  she  has  recovered ;  and  we  are  proud  that  Virginia  consented 
to  commit  to  N'ew-York  the  custody  of  the  remains  of  that  son,  even 
for  the  brief  years  through  which  they  have  remained  with  us. 
When  the  summons  came — for  we  knew  that  you  were  anxious  at 
the  delay  and  sad  at  its  necessity — we  heard  that  summons  with  ]oj, 
and  with  equal  alacrity  obeyed  it,  and  thus  is  it  that  here  we  are 
forming  part  of  this  illustrious  occasion,  which  will  be  memorable  to 
all  time.  We  return  to  you  our  thanks  for  this  reception,  our  heart- 
felt thanks  for  your  kind  and  hospitable  invitation,  but  we  can  no 
more  than  give  to  you  our  hearts  and  hands  in  a  fraternal  and  cor- 
dial embrace.     (Cheers.) 

On  invitation  of  Marshal  Meyers,  the  guests  left  the 
steamer  and  walked  through  the  main  streets  of  Norfolk 
to  his  house  for  the  purpose  of  partaking  of  a  good  old- 
fashioned  Virginia  mint-julep.  On  the  route  they  passed 
through  the  oldest  street  in  Xorfolk,  in  which  still  stands 
a  church  which  was  built  in  1739,  and  which  during  the 
Revolution  had  a  British  cannon-ball  buried  in  its  walls, 
where  it  is  still  visible.  The  streets  of  the  city  were  re- 
markably clean,  and  the  gutters  were  sprinkled  with 
chloride  of  lime  as  an  additional  jDrecaution.  It  was  a 
subject  of  great  wonder  to  all  who  saw  Norfolk  for  the 
first  time,  that  in  its  position,  and  with  its  sanitary  regu- 
lations, the  yellow  fever  could  ever  have  spread  Avith  such 
frightful  devastation.  It  was  gratifying  to  learn  that  the 
recuperative  powers  of  the  State  had  now  almost  made 
up  for  the  sad  havoc  of  the  fever.     At  Marshal  Meyers' 


112  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 


the  punch  and  mint  julep  were  heartily  welcome  after  a 
rather  fatiguing  walk  ;  but  time  was  pressing,  and  as  the 
steamer  was  to  leave  for  Richmond  in  an  hour,  the  stay 
was  but  short.  The  detachment  of  the  Guards  kindly 
consented  to  stay  by  the  steamer  at  the  wharf  and  pre- 
vent her  being  overrun  by  the  eager  and  curious  citizens, 
so  that  Lieutenants  Harrison  and  Turnbull  were  the  only 
representatives  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  at  Mr.  Meyers'. 
They,  however,  cordially  extended  the  hospitalities  of  the 
Regiment  to  Mr.  Meyers  and  their  Xorfolk  friends,  in 
case  they  should  ever  visit  Xew-York,  and  bidding  a 
hearty  good-by  to  all,  the  guests  left  for  the  steamer. 

PASSING    THE   ERICSSON. 

About  eight  o'clock  on  Sunday  evening,  the  James- 
town left  Xorfolk  for  Richmond,  and  had  proceeded  on 
her  way  but  an  hour  before  the  lights  of  the  Ericsson 
were  discerned  ahead.  The  Jamestown  soon  ran  along- 
side, and  was  hailed  as  follows  : 

"  Have  you  a  river-pilot  on  board  to  send  us  ?" 

"  Xo." 

"  Can  we  get  up  the  river  with  nineteen  feet  of  water  ?" 

"  I  don't  know." 

"  Will  you  let  us  follow  you  ?" 

"  Ay,  ay." 

The  Jamestown  ran  u])  a  light  at  her  stern,  and  slacked 
up  her  speed  to  accommodate  the  Ericsson,  and  so  the 
two  vessels  ran  for  about  an  hour.  Captain  Parish,  how- 
ever, was  afraid  that  he  would  be  detained  by  the  slow 
speed  until  too  late  for  the  tide,  and  now  slacked  up,  and 
as  the  Ericsson  came  alongside,  hailed  her  : 

"  Havn't  you  got  a  river-pilot  on  board  ?" 

"  He  says  he  is  one." 

"  Can't  he  take  you  up  the  river  ?" 

"  He  says  he  can." 

"  Then  why  do  you  want  me  to  wait  for  you  ?" 


OF   JAMES   MONROE.  113 

"  We  only  asked  if  we  conlcl  follow  you." 

"  Well,  sir,  I  can't  wait ;  I  shall  have  to  leave  you,  sir," 
said  Capt.  Parish,  of  the  Jamestown. 

"  Very  well,  sir,"  was  the  reply. 

"  Shall  I  take  your  passengers  up  for  you  ?" 

"  No,  sir,"  said  Capt.  Lowber,  emphatically. 

Capt.  Parish  then  informed  Capt.  Lowber  that  a  boat 
would  be  sent  down  from  Richmond  for  him,  and  the 
two  vessels  again  got  under  way,  the  Ericsson  being  soon 
left  so  far  astern  that  it  was  feared  she  had  got  aground. 
The  Jamestown,  on  her  way  up,  was  received  at  City 
Point  by  a  salute  from  a  detachment  of  the  Petersburgh 
Artillery  A,  and  met  the  boat  Glen  Cove  going  down  for 
the  Ericsson's  passengers. 

The  Glen  Cove  hailed  the  Jamestown : 

"  Have  you  seen  the  Ericsson  ?" 

"  We  left  her  below  ;  are  you  going  down  to  her  ?" 

"  Yes,  and  we  will  overtake  you  before  you  get  to 
Richmond." 

RECEPTION  OF   THE  JAMESTON  AT  RICHMOND. 

About  half-past  eight  o'clock  on  Monday  morning,  the 
5th,  the  city  of  Richmond  loomed  up  in  the  distance 
from  the  deck  of  the  Jamestown,  and  as  she  drew  near, 
the  town  seemed  to  be  alive  with  people  in  the  vi- 
.  cinity  of  the  quay.  Numerous  flags  were  flying  at  half- 
mast,  and  as  the  Jamestown  neared  her  Avharf,  she  was 
saluted  with  guns,  and  received  with  a  Virginia  cheer 
by  the  crowd  of  men  and  boys.  The  military,  city  and 
other  dignitaries,  had  already  reached  the  wharf,  and 
were  drawn  up  ready  to  receive  the  guests.  Governor 
Wise,  and  the  other  principal  personages,  being  intro- 
duced to  the  various  committees  as  soon  as  the  boat  was 
moored.  The  Glen  Cove  at  length  hove  in  sight,  her 
deck  crowded  with  the  Seventh  Regiment,  and  her 
guards  dipping  the  water  from  the  heavy  load. 


114  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 


VOYAGE    OF    THE    ERICSSON. 


FIRST  DAY  OUT. 

The  Passage  down  the  River  and  Bay— The  Salutations— The  Van- 
derbilt— The  Men  at  their  Leisure— The  number  of  Men— Names 
of  the  O facers— Incident  before  Departure — Presentation  to  Cap- 
tain of  2d  Company— The  Baggage  and  Dinner— The  Seventh  as 
Gormandizers  —  Every  Man  his  own  Bootblack  — The  Night- 
Scenes— How  Five  Hundred  Sleepers  were  provided  for  with 
Accommodations  for  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty— The  Weather— 
The  Night  Guard. 

On  Board  Steamship  Ericssox,  } 

At  Sea,  Sunday,  July  4,  5  AM.  f 


THE  PASSAGE  DOWN  THE  RIVEB  AND  BAY. 

Leaving  her  berth  at  the  wharf  foot  of  Beach  street, 
at  1  P.M.,  July  3d,  the  Ericsson  steamed  slowly  down 
the  river.  As  the  several  steamships  were  passed  they 
saluted  us  by  firing  cannon,  which  was  responded  to 
from  the  Ericsson  by  discharges  from  the  two  nine- 
pounders  belonging  to  the  ship.  But  there  was  no  cheer 
until  after  the  berth  where  the  Jamestown  lay,  with  the 
remains  on  board,  had  been  passed.  At  this  point,  save 
the  booming  of  cannon,  every  thing  bore  a  resj^ectful  si- 
lence on  board.  Castle  Garden  passed,  however,  the  men 
gave  way  to  their  hilarity,  and  greeted  with  cheer  upon 
cheer  the  Yanderbilt,  which  was  just  then  hauling 
from  her  dock  when  the  Ericsson  passed  it,  and 
which,  before  reaching  Fort  Hamilton,  steamed  along- 
side, keeping  company  until  the  Fort  had  been  left 
some  little  in  the  distance.  Then,  with  a  parting 
salute  of  cannon,  and  cheers,  and  waving  of  hand- 
kerchiefs by  the  ladies  on  board  the  Vanderbilt,  and 
the  waving  of  hats  by  the  men  on  both  vessels,  the  Van- 
derbilt passed  ahead,  in  a  couple  of  hours  being  lost  in  the 
distance.     The  Ericsson  still  had  in  company,  however, 


OF    JAMES    3I0XR0E.  115 

the  Satellite,  which  was  advertised  to  accompany 
the  excursionists  down  the  bay.  There  were  not  appa- 
rently over  forty  persons  on  board,  and  those  mostly 
ladies,  who  kept  up  a  continual  exhibition  of  the  usual 
manifestations  of  delight  —  waving  their  handkerchiefs, 
some  of  the  more  enthusiastic  tying  them  to  the 
ropes,  where  they  hung  fluttering  in  the  wind  until 
the  Satellite  parted  comj^any  too,  just  inside  the  Hook. 
Opposite  Fort  Hamilton,  the  steamer  was  saluted  with 
four  guns,  a  compliment  specially  paid  by  the  ofiicer  of 
the  day  (Lieut.  Deering)  in  testimony  of  appreciation  of 
the  gallant  Seventh. 

THE  MEN— THE  BAGGAGE. 

Left  to  themselves,  (the  salutation  ended,  and  the  ship 
speeding  her  way  to  her  destination,)  the  men  followed 
the  bent  of  their  inclinations,  while  the  dinner  was  being 
prepared  in  the  cabms.  Above  decks,  smoking  was  al- 
most universally  resorted  to,  and  every  flavor  of  cigars 
and  every  character  of  pipe  was  brouglit  into  requisition. 

The  baggage  which  had  been  stowed  away,  was  then 
commenced  to  be  distributed,  and  nearly  the  remainder 
of  the  day  was  occupied  in  this  by  the  proper  officers, 
the  men  having  at  once  assigned  them  their  berths,  every 
one  of  which  was  filled  to  overflowing. 

BOLTING   THE    DINNER. 

The  large  number  of  passengers  required  that  the 
tables  should  be  kej^t  on  the  j^lan  for  several  rounds  of 
"feeders,"  extra  accommodation  for  the  hungry  ones 
being  also  "  rigged  up"  on  the  outside  of  the  dining-sa- 
loons.  And  such  "  feeding !"  The  bracing  sea-breeze, 
after  the  fatiguing  march  of  the  morning,  seemed  to  have 
sharpened  every  appetite,  and  the  manner  in  which  each 
individual  "bolted"  the  substantial  meal  would  have 
done  credit  to  the  most  voracious  gormandizer. 


lie  REMOVAL   OF  TUE   REMAINS 

"CLEANING    UP    THE    BBASSES." 

Dining  over,  the  men  who  had  been  fortunate  enough  to 
secure  their  baggage  put  on  their  fatigue-dress.  Numerous 
boot-brushes  were  brought  into  requisition,  and  the  most 
active  demonstrations  Avere  made  upon  the  soiled  pants 
and  dirty  boots ;  the  heavy  accumulation  of  mud  gath- 
ered in  the  march  through  Washington  street  disappear- 
ing, as  if  the  men  of  the  Seventh  were  versed  in  that 
most  necessary  part  of  a  citizen  soldier's  education, 
namely,  cleaning  their  own  clothes.  This  seemed  to  be  a 
matter  of  choice,  generally,  though  there  were  plenty  of 
waiters,  who  stood  by  and  looked  on. 

THE   MEN   AND  THE  OFPICERS. 


By  this  time,  something  like  regularity  and  system  be- 
gan to  exhibit  itself,  under  the  orders  and  advice  of  the 
Ijroper  officers,  and  for  the  first  time  the  actual  number  of 
men  was  brought  to  a  certainty,  through  the  reports  of 
subordinates  and  the  collection  of  assessments.  The 
figures  were  as  follows : 

Field  and  Staff, 12 

Non-commissioned  Staff, 9 

Engineers, 7 

1st  Company, 57 

2d         "       "    57 

3d         "           54 

4th       "           50 

5th       "           48 

6th       "           55 

7th       "           59 

8th       "           40 

Band, 54 

Armorers, 8 

Barbers., 6 

Total  number  of  person:^, 516 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  117 

The  following  is  a  complete  list  of  the  officers : 

Colonel, Abram  Duryee, 

Lieut.-Colonel Marshall  Lefferts, 

Major, E.  M.  Crawford, 

Quarter-master, Locke  W.  Winchester, 

Assist.  Quarter-master, Wm.  Laimbeer,  Jr., 

Paymaster, . Geo.  W.  Brainard, 

Commissary E.  T.  Cragin, 

"  (  Timothy  IL  Cheesman. 

Surgeons,     \     ■■[-[  /;;;[ ::;;.:.  .-E.  M.  Cameron, 

Ordnance  Officer, Henry  E.  Droz, 

Chaplain, Kev.  Dr.  Weston, 

Captain,  8th  Company, Henry  C.  Shumway, 

"         3d  "  James  Price, 

6th         "  Benjamin  M.  Nevers, 

"         2d  "  Alexander  Shailer, 

4th         "  William  H.  Riblett, 

"         7th         "  John  Monroe, 

5th         "  William  A.  Speaight, . 

1st  "  =  . .  .Wm.  P.  Bensel. 

Ill  this  list  Captains  are  placed  in  the  order  of  seniority. 
[The  Chaplain,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Weston,  is  the  Bishop  elect 
of  Texas.] 

Surgeon  Cheeseman  was  unable  to  accompany  the 
Regiment,  and  the  responsibilities  of  the  post  devolved 
upon  Surgeon  Cameron,  whose  services  during  the  voy- 
age were  frequently  called,  and  by  his  kind  and  judicious 
treatment  on  this  as  on  other  occasions,  endeared  huTiself 
to  the  rank  and  file,  who  appreciate  the  sacrifice  of  time 
he  makes  from  a  large  practice  to  give  his  gratuitous 
services  to  the  Regiment. 

A  PLEASING  INCIDENT. 
Before  leaving  their  armory,  Saturday  morning,  the 
Second  Company,  which  has  gained  the  souhriquet  of 
"  the  Medal  Company,"  surprised  their  commandant  with 
one  of  those  articles,  which  for  richness  and  beauty  can 
hardly  be  excelled.  It  is  of  solid  gold,  set  with  enamel, 
and  bearing  the  design  of  an  Amazon  with  raised  spear, 
surmounted  by  an  eagle  supported  by  flags,  and  the  word 


118  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

*' Excelsior"  above  it.  On  the  reverse  of  the  medal 
was  the  motto,  '^Pro  PItria  et  Gloria,"  (for  our 
country  and  glory,)  and  this  inscription  : 

"Presented  by  the  members  of  the  Second  Company,  National 
Guard.  Seventh  Regiment,  N.Y.S.M,,  to  their  Commandant,  Alexan- 
der Shailer,  as  an  evidence  of  their  appreciation  of  his  services  as  an 
officer,  and  of  the  high  estimation  in  which  they  hold  him  as  a  man." 

The  medal  attracted  a  great  deal  of  attention  on  board, 
and  was  much  admired. 

DUSK. 

About  six  o'clock  supper  began,  and  some  two  hours 
were  occupied  in  the  meal.  After  the  meal,  and  as  dusk 
drew  on,  the  men  mostly  assembled  on  the  upper  decks, 
and  had  a  good  sociable  time  singing,  making  mock  ora- 
tions, telling  stories,  g^minastic  exercising,  and  beguiling 
the  time  in  such  like  innocent  way.  The  band,  too, 
performed  several  lively  airs,  and  not  a  few  engaged  in 
the  waltz,  the  impromptu  lady  partners  of  course  being 
uniformed. 

THE    GUARD. 

At  dusk,  the  ship  was  put  under  guard,  Lieut. Wick- 
stead,  of  the  Third  Company,  in  command.  The  guard 
consisted  of  twenty-four  men,  detailed  from  the  several 
companies,  who  were  relieved  every  two  hours,  and  who 
procured  a  quietness  on  board  by  properly  in  keeping 
within  the  military  organization. 

HO^W    THEY    SLEPT. 

At  half  past  ten  the  tattoo  was  beat,  the  lights  extin- 
guished, and  nearly  all  on  board  retired.  Since  there  were 
but  two  hundred  and  sixty  berths  to  accommodate  the  five 
hundred  men  on  board,  of  course  there  were  some  strange 
accommodations,  more  novel  than  comfortable — though, 
like  good  soldiers,  the  men  bore  the  inconvenience  without 
a  murmur,  making  the  best  of  the  occasion.  But,  though 
there  were  so  many  unprovided  with  berths,  there  were 


OF    JAMES    MONKOE.  119 

fortunately  mattresses  enough  for  all,  and  every  nook 
and  corner — the  tables  in  the  dining-saloons,  the  upper 
deck,  the  cabins,  and,  indeed,  wherever  a  mattress  could 
be  placed,  was  pressed  into  the  service  of  a  sleeper.  The 
scene  in  the  dining-room  was  particularly  rich,  for  here  the 
more  noisy  seemed  to  have  bunked  by  common  consent, 
and  until  a  late  hour  it  appeared  to  be  wholly  infested 
with  roosters,  geese,  sheep,  goats,  and  even  pigs  seemed 
to  be  on  hand  by  the  squealing.  The  men  laid  heads 
next  to  feet  the  whole  length  of  the  room,  and  the  noises 
and  the  ludicrous  remarks  were  somewhat  entertaining. 

THE    NIGHT-" ALL'S    ^SVELL." 

By  midnight,  however,  the  sleeping  god  had  visited 
even  the  noisy  ones  of  the  dining-saloons,  and  silence 
reigned  through  the  ship,  save  what  was  caused  by  the 
necessary  discharge  of  the  duties  of  the  guard. 

The  night  closed  most  beautifully.  Slight  sun-showers 
had  fallen  all  the  afternoon,  and  just  before  dark  a  splen- 
did rainbow  excited  the  admiration  of  the  men.  After 
dark  the  rain  ceased,  and  the  clear  star-spangled  heavens 
were  all  that  a  lover  of  "  the  subUme  and  beautiful"  could 
desire. 

So  far,  every  thing  passed  off  even  more  satisfac- 
torily than,  from  the  short  notice,  and  large  number  of 
men  could  have  been  expected. 

SICKNESS.    ETC. 

There  has  been  but  one  case  of  sea-sickness,  as  yet, 
and  that  was  caused  more  by  the  excitement  after  the 
fatiguing  march  of  the  morning.  The  sea  had  been  un- 
usually calm,  and  the  "  Ericsson"  rode  through  the  small 
waves  with  hardly  a  perceptible  tremor.  As  the  night 
deepened,  however,  the  sea  rolled  heavier,  and  the  swell 
was  somewhat  felt,  indicating  a  general  "  casting  up  of 
accounts"  in  the  morning,  though  happily  the  men  had 


120  KKMOVAL    tOF    THE    KEMAINS 

the  good  sense  not  to  indulge  to  any  great  extent  in  ex- 
hilarating beverages  before  retiring,  and  all  the  sickness 
engendered  by  the  sea  will  not  be  materially  assisted  by 
"  the  tar." 

The  doctors  were  very  careful  and  faithful.  Before* 
starting,  they  ordered  one  man  ashore,  the  fatiguing 
march  havmg  debilitated  him,  so  that  it  was  feared  he 
could  not  stand  the  voyage.  He  was  reluctant  to  give 
up  the  ship,  but  was  peremptorily  though  regretfully 
ordered  ashore. 


SECOND   DAY    OUT. 

The  Fourth  at  Sea— Sunrise— Sea-sickness,  and  Hospital  Accom- 
modations—Conduct of  the  Men— Inspection— Divine  Service- 
National  Salute  —  The  Orders  for  Richmond  —  Close  of  the 
Fourth— Scene  on  the  Chesapeake— Hampton  Koads— The  Gene- 
ral Discipline— Future  Movements. 


EAMsnip  Ericsson,      } 
:a,  July  4,  11  P.M.  j" 


Ox  Board  Steamship  Ericsson, 
At  Sej 


THE    SUNRISE. 

Sunday  morning  opened  rather  hazy.  The  men  were 
nearly  all  up  before  sunrise,  having  engaged  to  call  each 
other  to  see  the  rising  at  sea,  a  sight  which  most  con- 
fessed to  witnessing  very  seldom  on  the  land.  The 
clouds  somewhat  marred  the  expected  scene,  yet  there 
was  sufficient  of  the  novel  and  beautiful  in  it  to  repay 
the  trouble  of  early  rising. 

THE    PLEASURE    OF    A    SEA-VOYAGE. 

At  5  o'clock  the  reveille  was  sounded,  the  guard  relieved 
of  duty,  and  the  few  sleepers  aroused.  There  was  some- 
thing of  a  stiff  breeze,  with  considerable  of  a  swell,  which 
had  a  perceptible  effect  upon  the  men  immediately,  and 
in  a  very  brief  space  of  time  Dr.  Geo.  F.  Woodward  had  a 


OF   JAMES    MOXEOE.  121 

reo-ular  hosjDital  establishment  on  the  forward  deck,  and 
with  brandy-bottle  in  hand  he  administered  advice  or 
cordial,  as  the  exigencies  of  the  case  seemed  most  id 
require.  The  cheering  words  of  the  Doctor  proved,  in 
most  instances,  more  efficacious  than  the  medicine.  Both 
were  in  constant  demand,  however,  the  swell  and  breeze, 
with  hardly  noticeable  intervals,  continuing  throughout 
the  day.  Some  seventy  or  eighty  cases  of  sickness  only 
occurred,  the  remainder  managing  to  keep  down  the 
disposition  which  nearly  all  felt  more  or  less  to  give  up. 
There  were  but  two  or  three  really  severe  cases,  but 
under  the  care  of  the  Doctor,  all,  it  was  expected,  would  be 
able  to  join  in  the  celebration  next  day.  Dr.  Ca- 
meron looked  more  particularly  to  the  sick  between 
decks.     Both  physicians  for  the  time  had  their  hands  full. 

A  BARBER'S   HARVEST. 

The  six  barbers  and  the  waiters  had  their  hands  full 
from  early  dawn,  every  one  desiring  to  look  as  spruce  as 
might  be  on  the  Sabbath  and  Independence  anniversary, 
and  a  small  harvest  was  reaped,  particularly  by  the  bar- 
bers, at  a  charge  of  two  shillings  for  each  shave,  which 
the  men  gladly  paid. 

GENERAL    DISCIPLINE. 

After 'breakfast,  (first  the  right  wing,  and  then  the 
left,)  the  men  quietly  distributed  themselves  around  the 
ship,  talking,  singing  hymns,  and  not  a  few  perusing  a  tract 
which  the  Rev.  Dr. Weston  had  freely  distributed,  entitled 
"  The  Shipmate."  There  Avas  very  little  in  the  Avay  of 
froUicking,  though  some  few  of  the  mischief-makers  of  the 
Second  Company  could  not  resist  the  temptation  to  endea- 
vor to  make  the  well  ones  sick,  and  the  sick  ones  worse,  by 
running  around  with  a  bucket  of  salt-water,  and  a  piece 
of  fat  pork,  which  they  proposed  to  administer  generally, 
both  as  a  preventive  and  a  remedy.  No  breach  of  good 
0 


V 
122  KKMOVAL    OF   THE    KEMAINS 

order,  however,  was  committed,  Lieut.  Wm.  J.  Williams, 
of  the  Seventh  Company,  as  officer  of  the  day,  with  a 
guard  of  sixteen  men,  finding  his  duty  a  mere  nominal  one. 

INSPECTION. 

At  nine  o'clock  the  men  were  ordered  to  assemble  in 
company  quarters,  and  were  inspected  by  companies,  being 
dismissed  with  a  notice  that  divine  service  would  take 
place  at  half-past  ten  o'clock,  in  the  saloon,  which  they 
were  invited  to  attend  at  their  option. 

DIVINE    SERVICE. 

Half-past  ten  found  the  saloon  crowded,  and  the  doors 
and  windows  filled  with  participants  in  the  sacred  services. 
The  band  was  stationed  on  the  deck,  back  of  the  cabin, 
and  added  their  instrumental  performances  to  the  occa- 
sion.    It  was  indeed  an  impressive  scene. 

The  Chaplain,  Rev.  Dr.  Weston,  conducted  the  serv- 
ices. After  reading  the  lessons  of  the  day,  he  preached 
a  brief  discourse,  taking  his  text  from  Matthew  25  :  13 
— the  parable  of  the  Virgins  : 

"  Watch,  tlierefore,  for  ye  know  neither  the  day  nor  the  hour 
when  the  Son  of  man  cometh." 

The  Rev.  Doctor  spoke  of  the  popular  reading  of  this 
parable  as  a  foUacy — the  supposition  that  the  five  foolish 
virgins  represent  the  kingdom  of  darkness,  and  the  wise 
virgins  that  of  heaven.  In  the  words  of  the  parable  it 
should  be  noticed  that  the  virgins  were  likened  to  the 
kingdom  of  heaven,  and  not  of  heaven  and  hell.  The 
foolish  virgins,  he  argued,  meant  those  Christians  who 
were  doing  something  for  salvation  ;  not  all  they  could, 
however,  but  what  they  deemed  sufficient.  The  Rev. 
preacher  followed  up  his  point  at  some  length,  showing 
the  many  little  errors  to  which  human  weakness  was 
prone,  and  the  correcting  of  which,  if  neglected,  to  be  a 


OF   JAMJES    MONKOE.  123 

want  of  sufficient  exertion  for  the  great  goal  of  heaven. 
He  then  more  particularly  elucidated  his  text :  that  as  the 
Son  of  man  had  declared  that  no  man  should  know  his 
second  coming,  there  was  a  necessity  for  constant  watch- 
ing, even  by  the  virgins,  that  they  might  not  be  taken 
unawares ;  and  Christians,  overburdened  with  self-suffi- 
ciency, would  be  apt  to  find  that,  like  the  foolish  virgins, 
they  would  be  refused  admittance  to  the  great  wedding. 
And,  in  conclusion,  he  appealed  to  the  unconverted  who 
heard  him,  those  who  had  not  watched  at  all,  that  they 
begin  at  once,  and,  like  the  wise  virgins,  have  their  lamps 
constantly  trimmed. 

The  sermon  was  attentively  listened  to  by  the  auditory, 
and  all  joined  with  the  band  in  the  doxology. 

NATIONAI,  SALUTE. 

At  noon,  the  services  concluded.  Independence-day 
was  appropriately  honored  with  a  salute  of  thirty-one 
guns  from  the  nine-pounders. 

GENERAL    ORDERS    FOR   RICHMOND. 

The  men  then  generally  set  to  work  cleaning  up  their 
accoutrements,  it  being  understood  that  they  would  be 
called  to  leave  the  ship  before  daylight  Monday  morning, 
as  was  afterwards  officially  promulgated  in  the  following 
orders,  posted  up  about  the  ship : 

Head-quarters  of  Seventh  Regiment,  ) 

Troop-Ship  Ericsson,  V 

At  Sea,  July  4,  1858.      ) 

The  Regiment  will  parade  on  their  Company  Quarters,  on  the 
fifth  day  of  July,  at  three  o'clock  A.M.,  in  full  uniform — white  panta- 
loons, knapsacks,  without  overcoats,  with  a  change  of  white  panta- 
loons, and  shirts,  and  fatigue-jackets  and  cap  packed  therein. 

The  Regiment  will  leave  the  troop-ship,  and  proceed  to  Richmond, 
to  join  the  funeral  obsequies  of  the  late  President  Monroe. 

Officers  will  have  their  baggage  packed  and  ready  to  be  transfer- 
red to  the  small  steamer  by  a  quarter  to  three  o'clock  AM.,  on  the 
fifth  inst. 


124  REMOVAL    OF   THE    KEMAI^fS 

V 

Commandants  of  Companies  are  directed  to  see  that  their  men  are 
in  thorough  order  for  active  service,  and  also  to  detail  one  man  from 
each  Company  to  take  charge  of  the  knapsacks  from  the  small 
steamer  to  the  quarters  in  Richmond. 

By  order,  A.  Duryke,  Colonel. 

Lieut.  Geo.  W.  Smith,  Acting  Adjutant. 

THE    BAGGAGE. 

The  afternoon  passed  quietly  and  pleasantly  away,  the 
men  getting  their  baggage  ready  for  transportation,  under 
the  direction  of  J.  H.  Simons,  of  Studley's  Express,  who 
most  efficiently  performed  the  onerous  duties  of  baggage- 
master. 

AN   INCIDENT. 

About  three  o'clock,  the  steamship  Thos.  K.  Whitney 
•was  passed  and  saluted,  Chincoteague  then  in  sight.  Of 
the  Jamestown,  nothing  had  been  seen  or  heard,  and 
many  sui:)posed  that  she  had  j^assed  in  the  night. 

INDEPENDENCE  CELEBRATION. 

After  supper,  the  men  were  mustered  on  the  after-deck, 
and,  with  uncovered  heads,  heard  Dr.  Weston  read 
the  Declaration  of  Independence,  followed  by  appropriate 
music  by  the  band,  the  "  Star-spangled  Banner,"  "  Hail 
Columbia,"  and  "  Yankee  Doodle,"  At  sundown,  there 
was  a  salute  of  thirty-one  guns. 

CHESAPEAKE    BAY. 

Entering  Chesapeake  Bay,  the  scene  was  magnificent — 
the  sun  setting  gloriously,  while  on  either  side  were  large 
banks  of  clouds,  which  the  men  who  surrounded  the 
railings,  pictured,  as  their  fancy  directed,  to  represent 
subjects  sublime  or  grotesque.  Just  as  the  sun  was  sink- 
ing, a  shower  sprung  up  in  the  distance,  the  clouds  seem- 
ing to  touch  in  streaks  from  heaven  to  earth,  exciting  the 
admiration  of  the  men,  who  had  never  seen  this  (usual 
sight  at  sea)  before.     The  band  played,  and  the  men  in 


OF    JAMES    irOXROE.  125 

chorus  sang  all  the  old-fashioned  hymns,  which,  with  the 
capital  voices  of  many  of  them,  rising  on  the  stillness  of 
the  air,  somided  splendidly. 

THE   NIGHT-GUAKD. 

It  being  understood  that  the  Ericsson  would  not,  pro- 
bably, reach  City  Point,  where  she  would  meet  the 
Jamestown,  until  two  or  three  o'clock  A.M.,  the  day 
guard  was  relieved  at  seven  P.M.  Lieut.  Gurney,  of  the 
First  Company,  being  officer  of  the  night. 

HAMPTON   BOADS. 

At  dusk,  silence  was  commanded  throughout  the  ship, 
that  its  officers  might,  -sHthout  difficulty,  be  heard.  Many 
retired,  but  a  large  number  kept  the  deck,  determined  to 
be  on  hand  when  the  vessel  should  reach  the  land  ;  and 
at  eleven  P.M.  a  solemn  stillness  reigned  on  board. 

We  can  not  close  this  without  remarking,  that  probably 
no  body  of  men  ever  exhibited  better  discipline  than 
those  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  did  to-day.  In  my 
peregrinations  about  the  vessel,  I  did  not  hear  one  jjro- 
fane  word  from  any  man,  and  orders  are  obeyed  and 
maintained  in  a  manner  that  would  do  honor  to  a  corps 
of  the  regular  army. 

FUTURE   MOVEMENTS. 

As  yet  the  desire  of  the  companies  had  not  been  ascer- 
tained, on  the  proposition  to  go  to  Mount  Vernon,  Wash- 
ington, and  Baltimore,  but  the  general  view  seemed  to  be 
in  its  favor,  in  which  case,  the  Regiment  would  hardly 
reach  New- York  before  Saturday  or  Sunday,  the  10th  or 
11th  July, 


126  REMOVAL    OF    THE    REMAINS 


THIRr)    I>^Y 


A  knowing  Pilot— Meeting  with  the  Jamestown— The  Ericsson 
aground— Relief— The  Virginia  Beception  Committee— On  Goose 
Hill  Flats— Speeches  of  Colonels  Mountfort  and  Duryee— Pro- 
gress up  the  River— Arrangements  at  Richmond— Fvu-ther  Pro- 
gress. 

James  River,  July  5,  1858. 

A   KNOWING  PILOT. 

Last  night,  about  half-past  eleven  o'clock,  hghts  which 
had  been  some  time  noticed  after  the  Ericsson,  proved  to 
be  those  of  the  Jamestown,  which  soon  steamed  alongside. 
Capt.  Lowber  had  previously  exhibited  some  little  dis- 
satisfaction with  the  Yirgiuia  pilot,  who  had  been  engaged 
to  take  the  Ericsson  up  the  James  River  to  City  Point,  a 
not  very  easy  task,  considermg  that  the  Ericsson  was  draw- 
ing seventeen  feet  of  water.  Captain  L.'s  dissatisfaction 
appeared  early  in  the  evening,  when,  in  answer  to  a  ques- 
tion, the  pilot  said  he  tliought  he  could  take  the  big  ship 
safely  up,  but  had  never  been  in  charge  of  so  large  a 
vessel  before.  Said  Capt.  L.,  "  You  must  know,"  and  im- 
mediately he  hailed  a  boat  on  the  larboard  quarter,  to 
know  whether  it  was  a  pilot-boat,  but  they  seemed  not  to 
understand,  and  the  Ericsson  jmssed  on.  Capt.  L.  had 
kept  heaving  the  lead,  and  up  to  the  time  the  Jamestown 
was  spoken,  no  mishap  had  occui-red.  The  Jamestown 
was  hailed  by  Capt.  L.,  when  the  following  dialogue 
occurred  ; 

Capt.  L.  :  "  Jamestown  ahoy  !" 

Reply  :  "  Ericsson  ahoy  !" 

Capt.  L. :  "  Is  Capt.  Parrish  on  deck  ?" 

Reply :  "  Xo,  sir." 

Capt.  L. :  "  Present  Capt.  Lowber's  compliments  to 
Capt.  Parrish,  and  say  I  would  be  pleased  if  he  would 


OF    JAMES    MONROE.  127 

permit  us  to  follow  in  his  wake  for  eighteen  feet  water. 
Do  you  understand  ?" 

Reply  :  "  Ay,  ay,  sir.    All  right." 

The  Jamestown  then  passed  ahead,  and  soon  her  lights 
were  barely  visible.  She  soon,  however,  lay  to,  and, 
when  the  Ericsson  came  up,  another  conversation  took 
place,  thus : 

Capt.  Parrish  :  "  Have  you  a  river-pilot  aboard  ?" 

Capt.  Lowber  :  "  He  says  he  is  a  river-pilot." 

Capt  P. :  "  Then  what  do  you  want  us  to  wait  for  ?" 

Capt.  L.  :  "  I  simply  asked  to  be  permitted  to  follow  in 
your  wake  to  eighteen  feet  water." 

Capt.  P. :  "  We  can't  wait  for  you  very  well." 

Capt.  L. :  "  Very  w^ell,  sir." 

Capt.  P. :  "  Shall  we  take  your  passengers  up  with  us  ?" 

Capt.  L. :  "  No,  sir,  thank  you." 

Capt.  P. :  "A  steamer  w^as  to  leave  Richmond  to  re- 
ceive you,  at  twelve  o'clock  to-day.  Shall  I  tell  them  to 
come  on  and  meet  you  ?" 

Capt.  L. :  "  Yes  ;  thank  you,  sir." 

And  Capt.  Lowber  set  his  wheels  going,  the  James- 
town followed  suit,  and  soon  passed  on  and  was  out  of 
sight. 

AGROUND. 

The  Ericsson  was  then  cautiously  driven  ahead,  but  it 
was  not  long  before  the  wheels  were  stopped,  and  she 
was  found  to  be  standing  still,  and  had  run  on  a  mud- 
bank.  The  men  naturally  felt  somewhat  vexed  at  the 
prospect  of  an  unusually  long  detention  on  board,  but  no 
accident  was  feared,  all  reposing  the  greatest  confidence 
in  the  caution  of  Captain  L.  for  his  property  and  its  liv- 
ing freight.  Matters  proceeded  slowly  until  about  half- 
past  one  o'clock,  when  the  Ericsson  grounded  again,  on 
what  are  known  as  Goose  Hill  Flats,  about  twenty  miles 
above  the  mouth  of  the  James  River,  and  thirty  from 
Citv  Point. 


128  REMOVAL    OF    THE    REMAINS 

V 

The  Glen  Cove  bound  from  Richmond  for  the  Relief  of  the 
Ericsson. 

At  four  o'clock,  Monday  morning,  the  tall,  sharp-lined 
hull  of  the  Ericsson  appeared,  flist  imbedded  in  the  mud 
of  the  flats  off  Hog  Island.  The  whistle  of  the  Glen  Cove 
being  answered  by  the  Ericsson,  Capt.  Davis  cried  out  in 
stentorian  tones,  "  Glen  Cove."  "  Come  along  side,"  was 
the  reply  from  the  vessel.  "  Are  you  underway  ?"  asked 
Capt.  D.  "  Xo,"  replied  the  same  voice,  in  a  tone  more 
of  sorrow  than  of  anger  ;  "  I  am  stuck  fast  in  the  mud." 
The  Glen  Cove  then  hauled  alongside,  where  she  laid, 
with  the  sentry  looking  down  on  her  from  the  bulwarks 
of  her  tall  companion,  until  the  fierce  roUing  of  the  drum 
caused  two  or  three  hundred  soldiers  to  pop  their  heads 
over  the  side.  It  was  a  very  picturesque  scene.  The 
moon  shining  brightly  on  the  water,  throwing  the  shadow 
of  the  steamer  across  the  waters,  until  her  long  masts, 
undulating,  serpent-like,  in  their  course,  reached  from  the 
ship  to  the  shore ;  the  hundreds  of  figures  in  imiform, 
standing  about  the  decks ;  the  rolling  of  the  drums, 
echoing  across  the  broad  expanse  of  moonlight  and  water ; 
and  the  cheerful  Yo-heave-ho  of  the  sailors,  combined  to 
make  it  a  very  interestmg  spectacle.  On  board,  how- 
ever, the  scene  was  quite  different,  as  witnessed  over  the 
bulwarks,  and  through  the  little  round  holes  in  the  lower 
decks,  called  windows.  On  deck,  the  military  were  pop- 
ping up  from  matresses  spread  all  over  its  surface,  and 
dashing  down  stairs  to  make  their  toilet,  where  they 
found  as  many  more  busily  engaged  in  the  same  opera- 
tion. The  affiiir  of  the  toilet,  however,  was  over  in  less 
time  than  it  takes  to  write  this,  and  one  would  think  that 
the  Seventh  Regiment  had  been  as  thoroughly  drilled  in 
the  matter  of  putting  on  their  clothes,  as  in  the  manual 
musket  exercise. 

After  the  steamers  were  lashed  together.  Col.  Mum- 
ford,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements  of  tlie 


OF    JAMES    MOXROE.  120 

citizens,  went  on  board  the  Ericsson  from  the  Glen  Cove, 
accompanied  by  the  following  Committee  of  Arrange- 
ments on  the  part  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of 
Richmond,  namely :  Thomas  B.  Bigger,  Postmaster  ; 
Judge  W.  W.  Crump,  Messrs.  R.  O.  Haskins,  L.  W. 
Glazebrook,  C.  W.  Purcell,  Dr.  Roddey,  and  others. 

CEREMONY    OF    RECEPTION. 
Col.  Duryee,  Commander  of  the  Regiment,  introduced 
Col.  Mumford  to  his  men,  and  that  gentleman,  in  a  clear, 
sonorous  voice,  made  the  following  address  : 

We  have  been  deputed  a  Committee,  by  the  Corporate  xVuthorities 
and  citizens  of  Richmond,  to  receive  and  "svelcome  you  to  the  Capi- 
tol of  our  mother  Virginia,  The  circumstances  under  which  you 
have  come  among  us  are  calculated  to  make  a  deep  impression,  and 
to  excite  the  kindest  sympathies  of  our  hearts.  You  are  paying  sad 
honors  to  one  of  our  illustrious  dead,  and  though  his  voice  is  still, 
and  can  give  you  no  thanks,  yet  a  mother's  love  receives  j'ou  -with 
open  arms,  and  a  nation  greets  you  with  gratulation  and  praise. 

We  have  not  been  unmindful  of  the  kindness  and  courtesy  of  our 
brethren  of  Xew-York,  When  this  one  of  Virginia's  sons  had  served 
in  every  position  of  honor  within  her  gift,  ascending,  step  by  step, 
to  that  eminence  from  which  the  virtuous  and  pure  shine  more  con- 
spicuous and  brilliant,  and  the  vicious  and  selfish  more  glaring  and 
odious,  your  State  testified  in  his  favor,  and  twice  voted  to  place  him 
among  tlie  purified  and  illustrious.  And  when  he,  after  having  con- 
trolled millions  of  public  treasure,  retired  to  private  life  in  poverty 
and  want,  seeking  the  rest  which  public  service  denies — your  city 
received  him  in  her  bosom,  and  he  found  that  repose  which  he 
coveted  in  one  of  your  family  circles,  where  filial  affection  minis- 
tered to  his  wants,  and  kindest  friendship  soothed  his  declining  years. 

And  when,  on  a  national  jubilee,  in  the  midst  of  rejoicing  for 
National  Independence,  when  gallant  troops  were  marching  to  the  en- 
livening strains  of  national  anthems,  and  your  orators  and  states- 
men were  animating  and  revivifj'ing  all  with  ennobling  patriotic 
sentiment,  and  high  hopes  and  aspirations  were  leading  the  gay 
multitude  to  enjoyment  and  mirth,  then,  when  it  was  suddenly  whis- 
pered that  the  good  man  and  virtuous  statesman  had  just  breathed 
his  last,  that  jubilee  was  turned  into  mourning  and  grief,  those  re. 
joicings  were  hu=*hed  and  still,  the   gay  battalions  returned  with 


130  REMOVAL    OF^THE    REMAINS 

colors  shrouded  to  the  tap  of  the  muffled  drum,  busy  men  paused  in 
their  career,  and  none  would  be  satisfied  until  highest  honors  were 
decreed  to  the  dead,  nor  until  they  were  paid,  with  touching  pathos, 
at  the  funeral  and  the  grave.  The  remains  were  embalmed  with  a 
sister's  tears  and  a  sister's  love. 

And  now,  after  a  lapse  of  years,  when  the  mother  comes  to  re- 
claim the  bones  of  her  dead,  and  asks  that  they  may  be  permitted  to 
repose  in  her  bosom,  until  they  shall  rise  in  immortality,  the  sister, 
with  willing  heart,  decrees  them  a  victor's  triumph;  her  battalions 
vie  with  each  other  in  demanding  to  be  the  guards  of  honor ;  another 
national  jubilee  is  shrouded,  her  orators  again  utter  eulogies  in  his 
praise,  and  her  young  men  and  maidens  gather  roses  and  laurels  and 
strew  them  around  the  bier,  and  the  incense  of  devoted  hearts  as- 
cends to  heaven.  What  an  occasion  for  renewing  fraternal  friend- 
ship, for  pledging  the  mutual  fidelity  and  affections  of  Revolutionary 
times  !  How  happy  will  it  be,  if  the  bones  of  our  mighty  dead  shall 
prove  a  permanent  cement  to  our  Union  ! 

And  if,  at  some  future  time,  Virginia  shall  bring,  as  she  hopes  she 
will,  to  the  same  spot,  the  remains  of  her  Jefferson  and  her  Madison, 
and  lay  them  side  by  side  with  those  of  ]\Ionroe,  and  the  other 
Presidents  who  were  born  within  her  borders,  shall  be  brought  by 
kindred  hearts  to  repose  in  her  bosom,  with  her  other  great  sons, 
and  the  people  of  every  sister  State  shall  make  their  pilgrimage  to 
her  shrine,  to  pay  reverence  and  respect  to  her  Washington,  and 
their  Washington,  and  to  these  Iier  sons,  and  their  sons,  then  will 
the  Union  b-e  knit  indissolubly  together,  and  the  powers  of  the  earth 
may  wrestle  with  us  in  vain. 

You,  gentlemen,  have  commenced  the  great  work — you  are  the 
guards  of  honor  who  attended  the  first  of  her  sons  to  his  home.  We 
have  the  mournful  pleasure  of  returning  to  you,  as  tlie  representa- 
tives of  your  State,  the  cordial  thanks  which  all  have  so  justly 
merited  and  won.  We  give  you  the  welcome  of  grateful  hearts,  to 
our  city  and  our  homes,  and  beg  you  to  carry  back  with  you  our 
kindest  remembrances. 

The  conclusion  was  followed  by  a  good  deal  of  ap- 
plause, which,  having  subsided.  Colonel  Duryee  replied 
briefly  and  to  the  point,  as  follows  : 

In  behalf  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  I  thank  you  for  this  generous 
and  cordial  welcome.  Wc  are  indeed  honored  in  being  permitted  to 
escort,  as  a  guard  of  honor,  the  remains  of  one  of  Virginia's  most 


OF    JAMES    MONROE.  131 

illustrious  sons,  one  who  obtained  the  most  exalted  rank  that  can  be 
conferred  by  a  free  and  independent  people.  In  the  person  of  the 
late  President  Monroe  were  combined  the  rare  qualities  of  soldier, 
patriot,  and  statesman,  whose  devotion  to  his  country,  and  fidelity  to 
this  glorious  confederacy,  entitled  him  to  enduring  honor  and  im- 
perishable fame.  Indeed,  well  may  Virginia  welcome  with  honest 
pride,  the  remains  of  her  noble  son. 

Accept  again,  sir,  our  sincere  thanks  for  this  kind  reception,  and 
the  honor  conferred  upon  us  by  the  constituted  authorities  of  the 
city  of  Richmond,  which  will  ever  be  remembered  as  a  public  mark 
of  respect  by  Virginia  to  her  sister  State. 

THE    DISEMBARKATION. 

The  Virginia  Committee  then  returned  on  board  the 
Glen  Cove,  and  preparations  were  made  by  the  National 
Guard  to  go  on  the  same  boat.  In  a  few  minutes  they 
commenced  their  departure  from  the  Ericsson,  and 
nothing  was  heard  save  the  stern  tone  of  command  and 
heavy  tramp  of  the  military  over  the  gang-plank,  as 
company  after  company,  as  neatly  and  j^recisely  appa- 
reled as  if  for  a  dress  parade,  came  over  the  side  of  the 
vessel.  As  each  comj^any  reached  the  deck,  they  fell  in, 
and  the  roll  was  called  by  the  sergeant.  Three  or  four 
being  indisposed,  were  carried  into  the  ladies'  cabin, 
upon  the  door  of  which  the  indefatigable  surgeon.  Dr. 
Woodward,  caused  to  be  placarded,  "  Hospital  Quarters. 
Persons  will  please  not  enter  unless  on  business."  The 
roll  having  been  called,  and  the  members  having  an- 
swered to  their  names,  all  hands  were  dismissed  and 
commenced  to  secure  quarters  for  the  day.  A  great  deal 
of  amusement  was  produced  by  the  seizure  of  arm-chairs 
by  young  gentlemen,  who  would  ask  a  friend  to  retain 
them  in  a  shady  place  for  a  few  moments  for  a  sick  man 
— the  sick  man  invariably  proving  to  be  the  petitioner 
himself.  Along  with  the  companies  there  came  on  board 
two  artists,  representing  Frank  Leslie's  Gazette  and 
Harper's   Weekly,    both    of    whom    set    about    making 


132  REMOVAL    OF    THE    EEMAIXS 

sketches  of  the  scenes  of  interest  presented.  One  of  the 
scenes,  it  is  stated,  was  the  assembling  on  the  Ericsson, 
Sunday,  for  rehgious  services,  which  were  conducted  by 
the  chaplain.  Rev.  Mr.  Weston,  of  I^ew-York,  Episcopal 
Bishop  elect  of  Texas. 

The  accident  of  getting  aground  on  the  flats  is  laid  to 
the  pilot,  who  was  from  Xew-York,  and  ignorant  of  the 
skillful  navigation  of  the  James  River,  necessary  to 
bringing  up  a  vessel  of  the  Ericsson's  draft  of  water. 
The  Guards  expressed  much  regret  at  the  detention, 
after  they  were  informed  that  the  military  of  Richmond 
would  have  been  waiting  for  them  from  six  o'clock  until 
the  time  of  their  arrival.  When  tlie  Guard  left  the  ship, 
they  gave  three  cheers  for  the  captain,  a  compliment 
which  was  acknowledged  by  two  guns  from  the  vessel. 

THE    TBIP    UP    THE    RIVER. 

During  the  whole  trip  up  the  river,  the  sun  was  under 
light  clouds,  and  a  delightful  breeze  swept  over  the  boat, 
making  a  seat  in  any  part  of  it  pleasant.  The  Xew- 
Yorkers,  no  longer  "  on  parade,"  scattered  themselves 
over  it,  to  enjoy  the  hour  or  two  before  breakfast.  There 
was  no  rowdyism,  no  swaggering,  and,  it  may  almost  be 
said,  no  swearing,  a  thing  perhaps  unheard  of  in  a  band 
of  five  hundred  and  sixteen  men.  At  six  o'clock,  break- 
fast commenced,  and  lasted  until  within  twenty  minutes 
of  their  arrival  in  this  city.  The  companies  were  taken 
separately,  formed  into  line  on  the  upper  deck,  and 
marched  into  the  dining-saloon — company  first  taking 
the  first  turn,  being  followed,  after  finishing  the  meal,  by 
company  second,  and  so  on  down  to  company  eight — 
after  which  the  band  were  served.  As  each  company 
would  go  down,  it  would  leave  two  of  its  members  at 
the  saloon-door,  armed  with  bayonets,  who  guarded  the 
entrance  against  intruders  until  their  companions  had 
arisen  from  the  table.     Some  of  the  companies  numbered 


OF    JAMES    MONROE.  133 

from  fifty  to  sixty  men,  and,  consequently,  some  confu- 
sion arose  from  the  difficulty  of  attending  to  them  all. 
The  Committee  and  Captain  Davis,  however,  did  all  in 
their  power  to  make  their  visitors  comfortable. 

In  passing  City  Point,  several  salutes  were  fired  from 
the  land,  and  from  a  steamer  and  brig  lying  there, 
which  were  returned  by  the  National  Guard  by  the 
playing  of  a  lively  piece  of  music  by  their  band,  and 
cheers  from  the  soldiers  gathered  on  the  forward  deck. 
At  various  points  along  the  river,  handkerchiefs  Avere 
waved,  which  compliment  Avas  furiously  returned.  A 
spectacle  that  seemed  to  amuse  the  Xew- Yorkers  much, 
was  that  of  three  little  negroes,  about  seven  years  old, 
dressed  in  the  Georgia  major  costume,  who  waded  up  to 
their  waists  in  the  river,  and  violently  waved  such  por- 
tions of  their  only  garments  as  were  long  enough  to 
admit  of  the  process.  Roars  of  laughter  and  waving  of 
handkerchiefs  acknowledged  this  unusual  compliment. 

On  approaching  Richmond,  the  men  began  to  assume 
their  parade  accoutrements,  a  proceeding  which  was 
more  exactly  and  hastily  done,  from  the  sight  of  the  hills 
overlooking  the  wharf,  crowded  with  men  and  women. 
Several  of  the  members  expressed  the  opinion  that  "  all 
Richmond  must  be  there."  This  opinion  was  probably 
dissipated  when  they  witnessed  the  throng  along  the 
route  of  march,  and  the  thousands  filling  the  windows 
overlooking  it.  Xot  having  a  favorable  opinion  of  the 
thermometer  "  down  South,"  nearly  every  member  had 
brought  a  piece  of  sponge,  which  he  saturated  with 
vv^ater,  and  then  placed  in  his  hat  to  prevent  "  sun-stroke." 
The  band  struck  a  dead  march  as  the  boat  neared  the 
wharf,  and  continued  the  solemn  strains  until  the  Regi- 
ment had  disembarked. 


134  REMOVAL    OF   THE    REMAINS 

V 

Preparations  previously  made  in  Richmond  for  the  Keception 

of  Mr.  Monroe's  Remains  from  New- York. 

The  citizens  of  Richmond,  distinguished  ahke  for  their 
patriotism  and  hospitahty,  took  early  steps  to  make  ar- 
rangements for  the  reception  of  Mr.  Monroe's  remains, 
in  concert  with  the  action  of  the  Governor  and  Common 
Council  of  that  city.  A  meeting  was  held  in  Richmond 
City  Hall,  on  the  23d  of  June,  which  was  largely  at- 
tended. Mayor  Mayo  presided,  and  the  following  reso- 
lutions were  adopted : 

The  citizens  of  Richmond,  cherishing  an  indelible  veneration  for 
the  memory  of  James  Monroe,  esteem  it  a  privilege  to  unite  in  the 
demonstrations  designed  by  the  State  to  express  her  abiding  sense 
of  his  memorable  services,  and  they  desire  to  manifest  their  sensi- 
bility for  the  honor  conferred  upon  this  city,  by  selecting  it  as  the 
final  home  of  the  mortal  remains  of  the  patriot,  therefore — 

Resolved,  That  business  be  suspended  on  the  5th  of  July,  and  that 
a  committee  of  fifteen  be  appointed  to  indicate  such  other  proceed- 
ings to  be  observed  by  the  citizens  as  may  serve  to  testify  their  pro- 
found sympathy  with  the  solemn  occasion,  and  to  confer  therein 
with  the  Governor,  or  Common  Council,  or  their  committees. 

Resolved,  Tliat  the  fraternal  interest  it  has  pleased  the  authorities 
of  the  city  of  Xew-York,  and  her  zealous  military,  to  evince  in  a 
matter  of  such  immediate  concern  to  our  State,  receive  our  grateful 
acknowledgment,  and  that  a  cordial  welcome  is  tendered  to  all  those 
who  may  thence  accompany  the  remains  of  the  hero  and  statesman 
to  his  native  land. 

The  Mayor  appointed  the  following  committee,  in 
pursuance  of  the  first  resolution  : 

William  II.  MacFarland,  Chairman ;  Samuel  T.  Bayly,  C.  W.  Pur- 
cell,  C.  W.  Wortham,  Patrick  A.  Stark,  W.  W.  Crump,  James  H. 
Grant,  Peyton  Johnston,  B.  W.  Richardson,  W.  G.  Paine,  W.  F. 
Butler,  Luther  Libby,  Andrew  E.  Ellett,  Josejih  Brummel,  and  W. 
H,  Hardgrove. 

The  Third  Regiment  of  Virginia  Volunteers  ten- 
dered their  services  through  their  commandant.  Colonel 
Walton,  to  serve  as  a  Virginia  escort  of  honor  to  the  re- 
mains of  the  Ex-President  from  the  time  of  their  arrival 
to  their  interment. 


OF    JAMES    MOXROE.  135 

Second  Meeting  of  the  Citizens  of  Kichmond,  on  the  29th  June 

A  meeting  of  tlie  citizens  was  held,  to  receive  the  re- 
ports of  the  several  committees  to  whom  were  referred  the 
subjects  of  the  reception,  entertainment,  etc.,  of  those  who 
are  to  escort  the  remains  of  Monroe  to  this  city. 

Judge  W.  W.  Crump,  from  the  Committee  on  Enter- 
tainment, said,  that  the  report  which  should  be  made  by 
the  committee  of  which  he  was  chairman,  depended  so 
much  upon  the  order  of  proceeding  to  be  adopted  by  the 
meeting,  with  reference  to  the  entertainment  of  the  guests 
on  the  5th  proximo,  that  he  felt  scarcely  authorized  to 
make  a  final  report.  He  could  say,  with  regard  to  the 
reception  of  these  guests,  and  their  entertainment  at  the 
various  hotels  in  the  city,  that  amjole  provision  had  been 
made  in  this  respect.  So  far  as  the  performance  of  that 
duty  was  concerned,  there  was  little  difficulty  about  it. 
He  wrote  last  night  to  the  Colonel  of  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment at  New-York,  to  ascertain  the  exact  number  that 
was  likely  to  come,  in  order  that  they  might  be  quartered 
more  conveniently  upon  their  arrival ;  but  he  has  as  yet 
received  no  reply.  When  that  information  was  obtained, 
there  would  be  a  full  opportunity  of  distributing  them 
among  the  different  hotels,  in  order  to  secure  the  great- 
est comfort. 

He  made  reference  to  the  subject  of  a  dinner,  which 
it  was  suggested  as  proper  to  be  given  to  the  guests, 
favoring  a  collation  in  preference  to  a  set  dinner,  which 
he  conceived  would  be  inopportune,  in  view  of  the  op- 
pressive heat  and  the  difficulty  of  conveniently  seating 
so  large  a  number  as  will  be  present.  And  then,  should 
the  former  be  deemed  the  most  expedient,  the  committee 
were  unable  to  determine  the  hour  of  the  day  when  it 
would  be  best  to  furnish  it,  owing  to  the  uncertainty  as 
to  the  time  when  the  escorts  would  arrive.  This  difficulty 
he  thought  would  be  cleared  up  upon  hearing  from  the 


136  REMOVAL  OF  THE  KEMAIXS 

V 

comoiittee  on  behalf  of  the  State,  who  had  gone  on  to 
Xew-York. 

Colonel  Cary,  of  the  First  Regiment  of  Virginia  Vo- 
lunteers, submitted  a  report  in  behalf  of  the  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  the  Procession,  who  was  absent. 

The  following  report  was  submitted  from  the  Com-' 
mittee  on  the  Capitol  Square  : 

The  committee  appointed  to  have  suitable  decorations 
and  devices  prepared  for  the  Capitol  Square,  have  had 
the  same  under  consideration,  and  beg  leave  to  report : 

To  illuminate  the  Capitol  grounds  will  require  twelve  hundred 

colored  paper  lanterns,  at  a  cost  of  eighteen  cents  each, $216 

To  illuminate  the  Capitol  building  will  require  one  thousand 

lanterns, 50 

To  illuminate  the  Monument, 25 

For  transparencies  with  suitable  devices,  one  over  each  en- 
trance-gate,         60 

For  one  large  arch-transparency  on  the  main  walk- way  in  front 
of  the  Governor's  mansion,  just  inside  the  inclosure  of  his 

yard, 25 

One  large  ditto  at  the  gate  fronting  the  Citj-  Hall, 20 

Lights  for  transparencies, 40 

Two  bands  of  music, 15 

Total, $511 

There  were  other  sums  added  for  contingent  expenses 
in  this  connection. 

On  motion  of  J.  W.  Randolph,  Esq.,  the  last  two  com- 
mittees were  authorized  to  make  contracts  for  the  differ- 
ent items  in  their  reports,  and  at  the  prices  therein 
specified. 

The  Committee  of  Reception  was  instructed  to  charter 
one  or  more  steamers  to  meet  the  Ericsson  at  City  Point, 
and  convey  the  Seventh  Regiment  and  the  other  escorts 
to  this  city. 

After  some  discussion  in  regard  to  a  collation  for  the 
guests,  it  was  agreed  to  authorize  the  payment  to  the 
Volunteers  of  this  citvthe  sum  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars 


OF  ja:mes  moxroe.  137 

out  of  the  appropriation  made  by  the  Council,  to  enable 
them  to  entertain  their  brothers  in  arms  with  a  repast ; 
the  deficit,  if  any  there  should  be,  to  be  made  up  by  the 
Volunteers  themselves. 

The  question  of  the  determination  of  the  hour  when 
the  procession  should  form  and  move  to  the  burying- 
ground — whether  upon  the  arrival  of  the  steamers  from 
Xew-York,  or  at  a  later  hour  of  the  day,  w^as  briefly 
discussed.  Some  advocated  the  propriety  of  going 
through  the  ceremonials  at  once,  so  that  the  remainder  of 
the  day  could  be  occupied  in  aj^propriate  engagements. 
This  view  was  predicated  upon  the  presumption  that  the 
Seventh  Regiment  would  disembark  duly  equipped  and 
ready  to  enter  upon  the  line  of  march.  A  contrary  pre- 
sumption formed  the  ground  of  argument  for  a  postpone- 
ment of  the  procession  till  a  late  hour  of  the  day — say 
five  o'clock  P.  M.  In  the  absence  of  full  information  as 
to  the  hour  w^hen  the  steamers  would  arrive,  no  definite 
conclusion  w^as  arrived  at. 

The  meeting  then  adjourned,  to  meet  again  on  Thurs- 
day evening  next,  to  determine  upon  these  matters  in 
view  of  the  information  to  be  obtained  from  ]N"ew-York 
in  the  mean  time. 


The  Translation  of  the  Remains  of  President  Monroe  from  New- 
York  to  Richmond— Their  Disembarkation   at   Rocketts— Re- 
moval and  Interment  at  Hollywood— The  Military  and  Civic 
Procession,  and  Solemn  Ceremonies  on  the  Occasion— The  Pop- 
ular Demonstration  of  Respect  for  his  Memory— Noble  Appear- 
ance of  the  Seventh  Regiment  of  New- York  Volunteers- 
After  several  meetings  of  the  Joint  Committee  of  Ar- 
rangements, on  the  part  of  the  citizens  and  of  the  Com- 
mon Council,  the  following  programme,  to  be  obserA^ed 
at  the  reception  of  Mr.  Monroe's  remains,  was  agreed 
upon  : 


138  REMOVAL    OF    THE    REMAINS 

PROGKAMME    FOR    THE    FIFTH    JULY. 

At  sunrise,  the  flags  of  the  cit}^  and  of  the  shipping  of  the  port, 
will  be  hoisted  fall  mast  high,  and  a  salute  fired  from  the  Capitol 
Square,  commemorative  of  the  Fourth  of  July. 

At  six  o'clock  A.M.,  these  flags  will  be  dropped  to  half-topmast 
high,  and  remain  so  until  the  salute  at  the  grave,  which  will  ter- 
minate the  solemn  services  incident  to  the  day,  when  again  they 
will  be  run  up  to  full  mast  high. 

At  six  o'clock  A.M.,  the  military  of  the  citj",  and  Henrico  Dra- 
goons, Avill  form  on  Main  street,  the  right  resting  on  Eighteenth 
street. 

At  fifteen  minutes  after  six  o'clock,  the  column  will  be  formed,  and 
preceded  by  the  Chief  Marshal  and  his  aids,  the  quick  march  will  be 
taken  up  for  Rocketts. 

Arriving,  the  troops  from  Xew-York  will  be  duly  received,  when 
the  line  for  the  reception  of  the  corpse  will  be  formed,  fronting  the 
river,  as  follows : 

On  the  right,  the  New-York  National  Guard. 

Next,  the  First  Regiment  of  Virginia  Tolunteers,  witli  the  Public 
Guard  of  Virginia,  attached  on  its  right. 

Next,  the  Young  Guard  Battalion  of  Richmond. 

Next,  the  Henrico  Dragoons. 

On  the  right  of  this  military  line,  and  facing  the  same  waj%  the 
following  civic  orders  will  be  formed  in  line : 

On  the  left,  the  Committee  of  Reception,  and  guests  accompanying 
the  corpse  from  New- York,  in  carriages. 

Next,  citizens  in  general,  on  foot. 

Civic  associations  in  reverse  order  of  rank. 

Citizens  in  general,  in  carriages. 

City  Aldermen  in  carriages. 

City  Council,  in  carriages. 

Officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy,  in  carriages. 

Judiciary  of  the  State,  in  carriages. 

Heads  of  Departments  in  the  Capitol,  in  carriages. 

His  Excellency,  the  Governor  of  Virginia,  with  the  Secretary  of 
the  Commonwealth,  and  the  Attorney-General,  in  a  carriage,  accom- 
panied by  his  staff  on  horseback. 

The  hearse  will  then  proceed  to  the  steamer,  and  under  the  direc- 
tions of  the  pall-bearers,  receive  the  corpse;  on  the  appearance  of 
which,  arms  will  be  presented  by  the  troops  ;  citizens  will  uncover 
their  heads;  flags  will  be  dropped  ;  drums  give  three  rolls;  dragoon- 
trumpets  be  sounded  ;  following  which,  the  Armory  Band  will  play 


OF   JAMES    MOXEOE.  139 

an  appropriate  air,  until  the  hearse  has  reached  its  place  in  line — on 
the  right  of  the  troops — when  arms  will  be  shouldered,  heads  cover- 
ed, and  column  formed  to  the  left ;  and,  with  arms  reversed,  the 
whole  will  move  off  with  appropriate  music. 

Arriving  at  the  entrance  of  the  Cemetery,  there  will  be  a  moment- 
ary halt,  to  enable  all  in  carriages  to  alight  and  form  on  foot  in  the 
procession,  as  it  is  believed  to  be  unadvisable  to  allow  carriages  to 
enter  the  grounds. 

After  the  line  is  formed  around  the  grave,  the  corpse  will  be  taken 
thereto,  with  like  honors  observed  as  at  its  reception,  and  when 
lowered  into  the  grave,  the  troops  will  "rest  on  arms."  The  cere- 
monies being  over,  the  Artillery  will  fire  three  salutes,  when  a 
column  to  the  right  will  be  formed,  and  all  move  off,  without  music, 
at  quick  time,  until  outside  of  the  inclosure,  when,  halting  for  a  mo- 
ment, carriages  will  be  resumed,  and  with  music  in  quick  time,  the 
procession  will  be  conducted  to  the  Capitol  Square,  and  there  dis- 
missed. 

Bells  will  be  tolled,  and  minute-guns  fired  from  the  Capitol  Square 
during  the  movement  of  the  procession  from  Rocketts  to  the  grave. 

The  ceremonies  connected  with  the  interment  of  the 
remains  of  President  Monroe,  were  grand  and  beautiful, 
and  suo^orestive  and  sio-nificant  in  the  his^hest  deo^ree.  The 
solemnity  of  the  scenes  imparted  to  the  late  anniversary 
of  our  National  Independence  the  air  of  a  Sabbath-day 
of  Freedom.  We  give  in  the  following  pages  a  full  ac- 
count of  the  proceedings  of  this  most  interesting  occasion, 
an  occasion  which  rendered  deserved  honor  to  the  dead, 
and  which  proved  that  the  living  appreciate  the  virtues  by 
which  our  institutions  were  founded,  and  are  determined 
to  preserve  intact  the  heritage  of  liberty  they  have  ob- 
tained for  us.  The  contrast  between  the  simplicity  of  3Ir. 
Monroe's  life,  and  the  pageantry  of  his  funeral,  suggested 
itself,  no  doubt,  to  every  mind,  but  it  was  not  an  empty 
pageant.  A  ceremony  which  brought  to  the  shores  of 
Virginia  five  hundred  of  the  best  soldiers  of  Xew-York, 
and  arrayed  them,  side  by  side,  with  the  gallant  Virginia 
troops,  in  honor  of  a  son  of  Virginia,  a  Revolutionary 
hero,    and   an   American    President,    shows   that   while 


140  REMOA^AL    OF    THE    REMAINS 

patriots  and  Presidents  of  a  former  era  die  and  moulder, 
the  princij^les  of  ^^atriotism,  of  love  of  comitry,  and  of 
the  Union,  continue  indestructible,  emanating  from  the 
minds  and  hearts  of  men,  of  Xorth  and  South,  of  East 
and  West,  more  powerful  than  party  or  section,  triumph- 
ant over  time  and  change,  and  amid  the  darkness  of  the 
sepulchre  shedding  forth  a  brilliant  illumination,  and 
making  the  night  more  beautiful  than  the  day. 

THE    CITY— SCENES    IN    THE    MORNING. 

At  daybreak  and  at  sunrise,  salutes  were  fired  by  the 
Fayette  Artillery,  under  Colonel  Nimmo,  from  Capitol 
Square,  in  honor  of  the  Fourth  of  July.  Flags  waved 
from  the  various  public  buildings,  hotels,  and  the  ship- 
ping in  port ;  but  at  six  o'clock  these  flags  were  dropped 
to  half  mast,  betokening  the  solemn  j^urpose  to  which  the 
morning  was  to  be  devoted.  Many  of  the  citizens  were 
employed  at  an  early  hour  in  draping  their  residences  or 
places  of  business  in  the  habiliments  of  mourning,  and  a 
general  desire  was  manifested  to  pay  suitable  respect  to 
the  illustrious  remains  which  were  soon  to  be  consigned 
to  the  soil  of  their  native  State.  The  military  of  the 
First  Regiment  assembled  at  their  various  points  of 
meeting,  and  marched  to  the  rendezvous  on  Main  street, 
near  the  First  Market.  There  they  were  joined  by  the 
Henrico  Dragoons,  and  the  Rocky  Ridge  Rifles,  of 
Manchester.  The  line  was  formed  at  seven  o'clock,  the 
right  resting  on  Eighteenth  street,  and  soon  after,  the 
column,  under  Colonel  August,  took  up  the  line  of  march 
for  Rocketts.  The  Young  Guard  Battalion,  under  Colonel 
Richardson,  left  their  armory  at  an  early  hour,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  the  same  place.  On  arriving  at  the  wharf,  the 
military  stacked  arms,  and  were  temporarily  dismissed, 
to  await  the  arrival  of  the  Jamestown,  with  the  remains 
of  President  Monroe,  and  the  Glen  Cove,  with  the  New- 
York  Seventh  Regiment — the  chivalrous  guard  of  honor. 


OF    JAMES    MOXKOE.  141 

The  scene  at  this  time  was  singularly  exciting.  On 
the  wharves  were  gathered  thousands  of  persons,  white 
and  black,  of  every  condition  in  life  ;  carriages,  omni- 
buses, and  baggage-wagons,  drawn  up  in  long  lines ; 
marshals  and  field  officei's  riding  hither  and  thither, 
giving  orders  and  scattering  the  crowd  to  the  right  and 
left,  wherever  they  went ;  flags  flying  at  half-mast,  and 
signals  at  half-halliards,  on  every  vessel  in  the  harbor ; 
while  on  the  hill  to  the  north  were  assembled  thousands 
of  ladies  and  children,  all  dressed  in  holiday  attire,  and 
anxiously  waiting  to  see  the  gallant  body  of  soldiers,  of 
whom  they  had  heard  so  much,  and  to  witness  the  cere- 
monies incident  to  the  reception  of  the  remains  of 
Monroe. 

ARRIVAL    OF    THE    JAMESTOWN. 

The  Jamestown  came  in  sight  at  ten  minutes  past  eight 
o'clock,  and  slowly  approached  the  wharf,  with  flags  and 
signals  at  half-halliards.  The  military  were  drawn  up  in 
line  on  the  wharf,  and  thousands  of  spectators  hastened 
to  secure  the  most  eligible  points  of  observation.  As  the 
ship  came  alongside  her  wharf,  the  Committee  and  guests 
from  Xew-York  stood  on  the  upper  deck,  and  appeared 
to  regard  with  much  interest  the  exciting  scene  on  shore. 

The  remains  of  President  Monroe  having  been  re- 
moved from  the  forward  saloon  to  the  upper  deck,  and 
placed  under  an  awning.  Governor  Wise  and  Mayor 
Mayo  proceeded  on  board  the  Jamestown  and  received 
the  guests,  and  an  interchange  of  friendly  greeting  took 
place.  The  Governor  invited  the  visiting  gentlemen  to 
make  his  residence  their  home  during  their  sojourn,  and 
the  Mayor  tendered  them  the  hospitalities  of  the  city. 
The  remains  were  attended  by  a  detachment  of  the  New- 
York  National  Guard,  but  after  their  arrival  they  were 
relieved  by  a  platoon  of  the  Richmond  Grays,  detailed 
for  the  purpose. 


142  REMOVAL    OF    THE   REMAINS 


THE    IMPATIENT    CRO"WD. 

Meantime  the  crowd  on  sliore  had  become  very  im- 
patient, and  the  Mayor  was  compelled  to  address  them 
on  the  impropriety  of  manifesting  any  symptoms  of  dis- 
order on  such  an  occasion.  This  had  the  desired  effect, ' 
and  though  the  sun  became  every  moment  more  oppress- 
ive, the  people  stood  and  endured  it,  and  conducted 
themselves  with  becoming  decorum. 

ARRIVAL    OF    THE    NEW-YORK    NATIONAL    GUARD. 

The  steamer  Glen  Cove,  with  the  New- York  Seventh 
Regiment  on  board,  came  in  sight  at  ten  minutes  past 
ten,  and  despite  the  solemnity  of  the  occasion,  the 
younger  portion  of  the  assembled  throng  gave  vent  to 
their  feelings  in  a  cheer.  As  the  steamer  approached 
the  wharf,  her  appearance  was  really  imposing.  The 
soldiers,  with  their  glittering  arms,  were  paraded  ready 
for  debarkation,  while  the  splendid  band  of  the  Seventh, 
stationed  on  the  forward  deck,  played  a  solemn  dirge. 

The  Virginia  troops  were  drawn  up  in  line,  facing  the 
river,  ready  to  receive  the  visitors,  and  without  vmneces- 
sary  delay,  the  Seventh  left  the  boat,  and  passed  on  to 
the  right  of  the  line,  the  Virginia  military  presenting 
arms  as  they  marched  by. 

It  is  impossible  to  describe  the  excited  appearance  of 
the  throng  at  this  time.  Expressions  of  wonder  and  ad- 
miration were  heard  in  every  direction,  and  no  more  fa- 
vorable impression  could  have  been  created  than  that 
produced  by  the  numerous  and  splendid  body  of  sol- 
diery who  had  come  to  do  honor  to  the  remains  of  one 
of  Virginia's  most  illustrious  sons.  The  crowd  of  spec- 
tators increased  every  moment,  and  the  house-tops,  the 
wharves,  the  decks  of  the  vessels,  and  the  adjacent  hill- 
sides, swarmed  with  a  living,  moving  mass  of  human  be- 
ings.    Such  a  spectacle  we  never  looked  upon  in  Rich- 


OF    JAMES    MONKOE.  143 

mond  before,  and  it  may  be  long  ere  we  witness  such 
another  scene  of  excitement  here. 

BEMOVAIi    OF    THE    KEMAINS. 

The  hearse,  drawn  by  six  white  horses,  attended  by 
six  negro  grooms  dressed  in  white,  now  proceeded  to  the 
steamer,  and  under  the  direction  of  the  pall-bearers,  re- 
ceived the  remains.  The  troops  presented  arms,  flags 
were  lowered,  drums  rolled,  and  trumpets  sounded  ;  after 
which  the  Armory  Band  played  a  dirge,  while  the  hearse 
proceeded  to  its  place  in  the  line.  Minute-guns  were 
fired  and  bells  tolled,  continuing  during  the  progress  of 
the  procession  to  the  Cemetery. 

While  the  line  was  forming,  a  shower  of  rain  fell,  but 
beingof  brief  duration,  was  rather  acceptable  than  other- 
wise, for  it  laid  the  dust  and  cooled  the  atmosj^here,  two 
important  considerations  in  view  of  the  long  and  fatiguing 
march  to  be  performed  by  the  soldiery. 

THE    PKOCESSION. 

The  procession  moved  at  half-past  .eleven  o'clock,  in 
the  following  order : 

Chief  Marshal,  Captain  Dimmock,  and  Mayor  Mayo,  in  an  open 
barouche,  attended  by  Marshal's  Aids,  Messrs.  "William  H.  Smith, 
Thomas  M.  Ladd,  Charles  A.  Kose,  James  K.  Lee,  Dr.  William  P. 
Palmer,  and  Dr.  James  B.  McCaw,  dressed  in  -white,  wearing  black 
sashes,  and  mounted. 

Henrico  Troop,  Colonel  J.  Lucius  Davis,  thirty  horse. 

Staff  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-ninth  Regiment  Virginia  Militia, 
on  horseback. 

Young  Guard  Light  Battalion,  Colonel  Richardson,  sixty-four. 

Armory  Band,  ten  pieces. 

First  Regiment  Virginia  Volunteers,  composed  of: 

Virginia  Rifles,  Capt.  A.  Lybrook,  sixty-five. 

Rocky  Ridge  Rifles,  Captain  T.  B.  Clopton,  fifty-three. 

Montgomery  Guard,  Captain  P.  T.  Moore,  (colors  enshrouded  in 
crape,)  forty-eight. 

National  Guard,  Captain  J.  H.  Johnson,  thirty-one. 


I'i4  KEMOVAL    OF    THE    REMAINS 

Junior  Blues,  Captain  Louis  F.  Bossieux,  twenty-one. 

Richmond  L.  I.  Blues,  Captain  William  II.  Fry,  thirty-eight. 

Richmond  Grays,  Captain  Elliott,  forty-five. 

Public  Guard,  Lieutenant  Gay,  forty-six. 

New-York  Seventh  Regiment's  Band  and  Staff,  forty-five  pieces. 

Field  Officers  of  the  First  Regiment  of  Virginia  Volunteers,  and 
of  the  JS'ew-York  National  Guard,  mounted. 

Seventh  Regiment  of  New-York,  Colonel  Duryee,  eight  compa- 
nies, consisting  of  five  hundred  and  sixteen  men. 

Flag  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  heavily  shrouded  in  crape. 

Open  hearse,  drawn  hj  six  white  horses,  attended  by  six  grooms. 
The  coffin  was  risible  to  spectators  as  the  procession  passed. 

Pall-bearers,  dressed  in  black,  with  heavy  black  scarfs  and  batons  : 
Messrs.  William  H.  Macfarland,  James  Lyons,  William  it.  Haxall, 
Joseph  R.  Anderson,  George  W.  Randolph,  Judge  John  A.  Meredith, 
and  Colonel  Thomas  H.  Ellis,  mounted.  A  detailed  Guard  of  Honor 
from  the  New-York  National  Guard  marched  each  side  of  the 
hearse. 

Carriages  containing  the  following  gentlemen  : 

Officiating  Clergyman,  Rev.  Dr.  Charles  H.  Read,  accompanied  by 
Samuel  L.  Gouverneur,  of  New-York. 

Delegation  of  Virginians  resident  in  New-York. 

Committee  of  New-York  Councils. 

Richmond  Aldermen  and  Councilmen. 

Officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy. 

Heads  of  Departments  in  Capitol. 

Committee  of  the  State  of  Virginia  for  the  removal  of  the  re 
mains. 

His  Excellency,  Governor  Wise,  and  Secretary  of  the  Common- 
wealth, G.  W.  Mumford,  Esq.,  attended  by  the  Governor's  Staff,  as 
follows :  Colonels  Chastain  White,  Samuel  T.  Bayly,  Joseph  V.  Scott, 
Thomas  J.  Pej'ton,  and  William  H.  Richardson. 

Citizens  in  carriages  and  on  horseback. 

The  route  of  the  procession  la}^  directh'  up  Main  street  to  Second, 
down  Second  to  Gary,  and  thence  out  to  Hollywood.  All  along  the 
route,  a  distance  of  more  than  two  miles,  the  sidewalks  were  lined 
with  spectators ;  every  balcony,  porch,  and  window  overlooking  the 
street,  every  available  spot  on  the  line,  was  crowded  with  ladies, 
children,  and  men.  On  no  previous  occasion — not  excepting  even 
the  22d  of  February  last — has  such  a  vast  throng  of  humanity  been 
visible  on  Main  street.  There  was,  however,  no  cheering  ;  all  paid 
due  respect  to  the  solemnity  of  the  occasion.     The  minute-guns  con- 


OF   JAMES   MONROE.  145 

tinued  firing;  the  bells  in  the  vicinity  of  the  route  were  tolled,  and 
answered  by  peals  from  others  in  the  distance ;  business  seemed  uni- 
versally suspended ;  vehicles  were  drawn  aside  into  the  cross-streets, 
and  the  attention  of  the  entire  community  concentrated  on  the  im- 
posing pageant  in  honor  of  the  memory  of  the  illustrious  man  whose 
bones  were  now  on  the  way  to  their  earthly  resting-place. 

The  troops  marched  with  reversed  arras,  and  .the  bands  played 
music  appropriate  to  the  occasion. 

On  arriving  at  Hollywood  Cemetery,  the  procession  halted,  while 
those  in  carriages  and  on  horseback  alighted,  and  at  one  o'clock  P.M., 
the  line  passed  through  the  main  entrance  into  the  beautiful  resting- 
place  of  the  dead, 

CEREMONIES    AT    THE    GRAVE. 

The  grave  of  Monroe  is  located  in  the  south-west 
corner  of  Hollywood,  on  an  eminence  commanding  a 
magnificent  view  of  the  city,  the  river,  and  the  environs. 
A  commodious  platform  had  been  erected  there  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  speakers  and  guests.  The  grave 
is  five  feet  in  depth,  set  in  cement,  and  so  arranged  as  to 
give  a  secure  foundation  to  the  proposed  monument. 

After  the  line  was  formed  around  the  grave,  the  coflin 
was  removed  from  the  hearse  and  taken  thereto ;  and 
when  the  remains  were  lowered  into  the  grave,  the 
troops  presented  arms,  the  Seventh  Regiment  rested 
arms,  and  thp  band  played  a  dirge.  This  portion  of  the 
ceremony  toeing  over.  Gov.  Wise  appeared  on  the  front 
of  the  platform  and  spoke  as  follows  : 

GOV.  VTESE'S  ADDRESS. 

Countrymen  and  Fellow-Citizens  :  The  General  Assembly  of  the 
Commonwealth  has  ordered  that  the  remains  of  James  Monroe,  one 
of  the  most  honored  and  best  beloved  of  her  sons,  shall,  under  the 
direction  and  at  the  discretion  of  the  Governor,  be  removed  "  from 
the  public  burying-ground  in  the  city  of  New-York,  to  the  cemetery 
at  the  city  of  Richmond."  The  remains  are  removed,  the  cenotaph 
is  open,  and  we  are  here  assembled  to  inter  them  in  their  last  rest- 
ing-place, with  becoming  ceremonies. 

In  view  of  the  speaking,  precept  and  example  of  the  long  life  of 
usefulness,  distinguished  public  services  and  patriotic  devotion  once 

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146  llEMOVAL    OF    THE    REMAINS 

V 

templed  in  the  body  of  wliieli  these  are  the  remains,  I  am  not  per- 
mitted to  be  silent. 

No  better  instance  of  an  American  man  of  the  people,  or  of  a  true 
American  Republican,  can  be  cited  than  that  of  James  Monroe.  His 
leader,  his  better,  his  master  was  the  father  whose  statue  mounts  the 
plinth  of  yonder  monument ;  but  Washington  was  unrivalled  and 
stands  alone  among  men  upon  earth.  The  patron  of  Monroe  lies  at 
Monticello,  his  compeer  and  equal  at  Montpelier,  and  no  trio  of 
patron  and  protegees  in  our  past  history  can  approach  the  group  of 
Jefferson,  Madison,  and  Monroe  in  political  philosophy,  in  constitu- 
tional love,  and  in  patriotic  action  combined.  "Washington  stands 
alone  and  above  all ;  they  apart  and  grandly  by  themselves.  Wash- 
ington is  the  great  type  of  nationality  ;  they  are  the  triple  bands  of 
Individual  Eights,  of  State  Sovereignty,  and  of  Republican  Truth. 
Washington  is  supreme ;  but  they  are  subordinate  in  supremacy 
onl}- — special  only  in  a  greatness  necessary  as  the  supreme. 

James  Monroe  was  a  country  boy  of  Westmoreland,  the  county- 
man  of  Washington.  From  the  eighteenth  to  the  seventy-third  year 
of  his  age,  for  fifty-five  years  he  was  almost  incessantly  in  the  public 
service.  At  eighteen  he  left  his  letters  and  science,  his  Horace  and 
his  Homer  at  William  and  Mary,  to  enlist  in  the  battle-fields  of  In- 
dependence. He  took  a  commission  low  down,  next  to  the  ranks, 
was  severely  wounded  before  he  rose  to  a  higher  rank  than  that  of 
Captain,  and  never  rose  higher  in  the  line  of  the  military.  In  the 
staff  of  Lord  Stirling  he  was  an  aid-de-camp,  and  acquired  the  title 
of  Colonel  of  a  regiment  of  Virginia,  which  was  never  raised.  He 
was  a  Commissioner  of  Virginia  to  the  Southern  camp.  He  was  a 
Legislator  of  Virginia.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Continental  Con- 
gress. He  was  a  member  of  the  Convention  of  Virginia  to  adopt  the 
Federal  Constitution.  He  was  a  Senator  of  Virginia  in  Congress. 
He  was  a  Minister  to  France.  He  was  twice  Governor  of  Virginia. 
He  was  again  Minister  to  France,  Minister  to  England,  and  to  Spain, 
and  again  to  England.  He  was  Secretary  of  State,  and  in  the  war  of 
"Free  Trade  and  Sailors'  Rights,"  for  which  he  had  contended  as  early 
as  180*7,  he  was  Secretary  of  both  Treasury  and  War.  He  was  twice 
elected  President  of  the  United  States,  and  once  almost  unanimously. 
And  from  the  height  of  the  Chief  Magistrate  of  the  nation,  he  again 
descended  to  the  ranks  of  the  people,  and  became  a  Magistrate  of  the 
Quorum  of  Gentlemen  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the  county  of  Lou- 
doun. And,  lastly,  in  the  year  1829-30,  he  was  President  of  the 
first  Convention  of  Virginia  to  reform  the  Constitution  of  the  State. 

This  last  post  infirmity  and  old  age  compelled  him  to  resign    and 


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OF    JAMES    MONROE.  147 

then,  in  1830,  his  course  run,  his  good  fight  fouglit,  full  of  3'ears  and 
full  of  honors,  the  great  and  good  old  man  retired  to  the  bosom  of 
his  family,  in  the  State  of  his  adoption.  There  he  had  told  the  tale 
of  his  youthful  love — there  he  had  inhaled  the  perfume  of  conjugal 
affection — there  he  had  married  the  wife  of  his  bosom — there  he  had 
buried  her — there  his  children  were  settled — and  there,  weary  and 
heavy  laden  with  labors  and  years,  he  sought  repose.  Soldier,  Le- 
gislator, Commissioner,  Diplomat,  Statesman,  President,  Justice  of  the 
Peace,Con ventionist,  and  Constitutionalist,  he  had  filled  every  measure 
of  public  place,  and  filled  it  well,  and  had  received  and  disbursed 
nearly  $400,000  of  State  and  Federal  pay,  and  yet  retired  poor — a 
debtor /or  the  Government,  not  to  it — having  spent  all,  and  more  than 
all,  his  substance  in  his  country's  service,  and  went  out  of  her  high 
places  an  honest  man,  impoverished  by  his  self-sacrificing  patriot- 
ism !  He  became  involved  in  debt  by  pledging  his  private  means 
for  the  defense  of  the  country  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  died  before  a 
grateful  return  was  ever  made.  The  full  debt  to  him  never  was, 
and  now  never  can  be  repaid. 

Plain,  practical,  didactic,  a  man  of  action  not  of  words,  he  was 
efficient  and  potential  in  wondrous  works  of  usefulness,  and  thou- 
sands a  thousand  fold  more  brilliantly  illumined  by  genius,  were  not 
half  so  successful  by  the  force  of  good  common-sense  and  the  inspir- 
ation of  a  good,  earnest,  honest  purpose.  In  the  Federal  service,  he 
was  signally  blessed  and  happy.  lie  aided  essentially  in  purchas- 
ing Louisiana,  and  in  acquiring  Florida,  and  was  the  first  to  give 
Executive  sanction  to  the  good  cause  of  Colonization,  which,  in  spite 
of  all  that  is  said  to  tlie  contrary,  is  redeeming  the  promise  of  Ame- 
rica to  give  back  to  Africa  a  freed  man  and  a  Christian  for  the  slave 
and  the  savage  which  Africa  gave  to  America  ;  and  the  only  Black 
Republic,  hopeful  of  awy  good  to  either  country  or  race,  and  the  best 
known  asylum  of  the  free  blacks  every  where,  hands  down  to  pos- 
terity the  name  of  a  Virginia  President — the  name  "  Monrovia." 
We  are  told  "  blessed  is  the  peacemaker ;"  he  then  is  blessed,  for  he 
poured  oil  on  the  troubled  waters  of  party  politics*  and  they  were 
stilled  by  his  wise  and  moderate  administration  at  home,  and  when 
the  Holy  Alliance  abroad  threatened  to  intervene  against  the  liberty 
of  the  Colonies  of  Spain  in  South- America,  the  still  small  voice  of 
his  message  to  the  guardians  of  the  United  States  Capitol  sublimely 
muttered  the  warning  that  the  Hoary  Despotism  of  the  Old  World 
should  not  dare  to  lay  its  mace  on  the  liberties  of  the  N'ew.  What- 
ever be  the  interpretation  of  the  Monroe  doctrine  for  the  future,  it 
was  then  and  thereby  that  the  Southern  Republics  sprang  into  life 


148  KEMOVAL    OF    THE   KKMAl^'S 

and  assumed  separate  and  equal  station  among  the  nations.  It 
was  then,  that  the  Iforth-American  Republic  taught  the  world  to 
respect  its  example  and  its  sanction  of  freedom,  and  that  it  put  its 
moral  weight  into  the  scale  of  the  Balance  of  Power  on  earth  ! 

Venerable  patriot !  He  found  his  rest  soon  after  he  retired.  On 
the  4th  of  July,  1831,  twenty-seven  years  ago,  he  departed,  like  Jef-« 
ferson  and  Adams,  on  the  anniversary  of  Independence.  His  spirit 
was  caught  up  to  heaven  and  his  ashes  were  enshrined  in  the  soil  of 
his  adopted  State,  whose  daughter  he  had  married ;  of  that  grand 
and  prosperous  Commonwealth  whose  motto  is  "Excelsior,"  our  sis- 
ter New-York,  the  Empire  State  of  the  United  States  of  America ! 
Virginia  was  the  natural  mother  of  Monroe,  and  New- York  was  his 
mother-in-law ;  Virginia  by  birth  and  baptism,  New-York  by  mar- 
riage and  burial.  This  was  well,  for  he  gave  to  her  invaders  the 
glaived  hand  of  "  bloody  welcome"  at  Trenton,  and  New- York  gave 
to  him  a  "hospitable  grave."  Virginia  respectfully  allowed  his 
ashes  to  lie  long  enough  to  consecrate  her  sister's  soil,  and  now  has 
dutifully  taken  them  to  be  "  earth  to  her  earth  and  ashes  to  her 
ashes,"  at  home  in  the  land  of  his  cradle.  New- York  has  graciously 
bowed  to  the  family  request,  has  disinterred  the  remains,  has  laid 
them  out  in  state,  and  has  sent  the  elite  of  her  chivalry  to  escort 
them  with  banners  and  trumpets,  in  military  and  civic  procession, 
to  our  cemetery.  Thrice  grateful  are  we  for  this  once  more  binding 
link  in  the  chain  of  affection  and  union.  It  makes  this  no  funeral, 
it  wails  no  dirge.  It  is  an  anthem  of  praise  and  gladness  and  glori- 
fication. Thank  God !  that  we  have  lived  to  this  another  day  of 
liberty  and  national  Independence,  in  the  bonds  only  of  State  amity 
and  union.  Our  griefs  shall  still  be  the  same  griefs ;  our  joys  shall 
still  be  the  same  joj's ;  our  memorials  of  men  and  events  shall  still 
be  the  same  memorials ;  our  salvos  for  the  past  shall  still  be  the  same 
salvos ;  and  our  shouts  of  victory  for  the  future  of  a  common  coun- 
try shall  forever  be  the  same  shouts  !  Who  knows  this  day,  this 
hour,  here  around  this  grave,  that  New- York  is  of  the  North  and 
that  Virginia  is  of  the  South  ?  "  The  North  has  given  up"  and  "  the 
South  shall  not  hold  back,"  and  they  are  one,  even  as  all  the  now 
proud  and  preeminent  thirty-two  are  one. 

"We  affectionately,  then,  welcome  New-York,  and  cordially  em- 
brace her  around  the  grave  of  him,  Virginia's  son,  to  whom  she  gave 
a  resting-place  in  life  and  in  death.  And  now  I  call  the  minister  of 
God  to  praj-  for  His  blessings  on  this  passing  .scene  ;  I  ask  the  right- 
eous man  to  pray  fervently  and  effectually  for  the  example  of  this 
patriot's  life  to  be  blessed  to  the  youth  of  our  country ;  blessed  to 


OF   JAMES    MOXROE.  149 

the  people  of  this  generation ;  blessed  to  the  public  men  of  New- 
York  and  Virginia  and  the  United  States  ;  blessed  to  the  cause  of 
truth  and  justice  and  human  -freedom  ;  and  blessed  to  the  perpetual 
strength,  peace,  liberty,  and  union  of  this  Confederacy  "one  and  in- 
divisible, now  and  forever  !"  May  the  good  which  this  patriot  did, 
be  revived  by  tlie  disinterment  of  his  bones,  and  may  monuments  of 
wisdom  and  virtue  like  his,  be  so  multiplied  and  raised  around  yon- 
der Capitol  of  the  mother  of  States,  that  the  very  statues  of  her 
heroes  and  sages  and  patriots  dead  and  departed  shall  be  the  moral 
guide-marks  of  her  living  and  active  servants,  to  preserve  this  Com- 
monwealth untorn  in  destiny  and  untarnished  in  glory,  to  "the  last 
syllable  of  recorded  time,"  when  the  tenants  of  Hollywood,  this  beau- 
tiful city  of  the  dead,  shall  rise  to  immortal  life  ! 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Read,  D.D.,  pastor  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church,  then  offered  the  following 

PRAYER. 

In  the  name  of  God.     Amen  ! 

The  dust  must  return  to  dust,  and  the  spirit  unto  God  who  gave 
it ;  therefore  do  we  re-commit  these  honored  remains  to  the  earth, 
dust  to  dust,  until  that  hour,  if  it  may  so  please  God,  when  earth  and 
sea  shall  give  up  their  dead,  at  the  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
to  judge  the  Avorld. 

Let  us  pray : 

Almighty  and  everlasting  God  !  have  mercy  upon  us.  We,  thine 
unworthy  servants,  call  unto  thee  from  the  borders  of  the  grave  ;  for 
Christ's  sake  have  mercy  upon  us.  "We  humbly  entreat  thee  that 
we  may  with  true  penitence  of  heart  consider  that,  by  reason  of  sin, 
it  is  appointed  unto  us  to  die,  and  that  in  a  moment,  when  we  think 
not,  we  may  appear  before  thee.  Yea,  Lord,  by  reason  of  our  sins 
we  are  in  the  midst  of  death.  "We  all  do  fade  as  a  leaf;  the  monu- 
ments of  iiuman  power  and  pride  crumble  and  fall ;  nations  rise  and 
disappear ;  suns,  moons,  and  stars  shall  fade  away,  and  these  visible 
heavens,  thou  wilt  fold  them  up  and  put  them  aside  as  a  vesture  ; 
but  thou.  Lord,  art  the  same,  yesterday,  to-day,  and  forever — a  thou- 
sand years  are  with  thee  as  one  day.  By  thee,  kings,  presidents,  and 
princes  hold  sway ;  thy  favor  is  life,  and  thy  patronage  is  power. 
We  offer  to  thee  praise  and  thanksgiving  for  the  favor  which  thou 
hast  shown  to  this  nation  ;  for  the  aid  granted  in  our  counsels ;  for 
the  victories  with  which  thou  hast  crowned  our  arms ;  for  thy  smiles 
upon  our  arts  of  peace,  and  for  the  benign  influence  of  thy  Gospel 


150  REMOA^AL    Oip   THE    REMAINS 

upon  our  institutions  and  upon  the  hearts  of  our  people.  TV'e  bless 
thy  name  for  the  -wise  and  patriotic  men  Tvhom  thou  hast  raised  up 
to  enact  and  execute  our  laws,  to  resist  invasion,  and  to  suppress 
disorder  and  tumult.  We  thank  thee  that,  despite  all  the  infirmities 
which  pertain  to  men,  and  all  the  predictions  of  enemies  and  fears 
of  friends,  there  has  been  given  to  us  a  succession  of  Presidents,  by 
the  free  choice  of  our  people,  under  whose  administrations  our  na- 
tional interests  have  been  protected  and  advanced,  and  that  our 
name  is  respected  among  the  powers  of  the  earth. 

TVe  thank  thee  for  every  sentiment  of  public  virtue  which  dwells 
in  the  bosoms  of  our  countrymen,  and  that  the  virtuous  memory  of  a 
line  of  illustrious  persons,  whose  names  have  an  honorable  place  in 
our  annals,  is  embalmed  in  their  hearts;  that  the  very  dust  of  those 
worthies  is  precious  ;  that  we  behold  a  generous  rivalry  in  showing 
respect  to  their  memory,  when  their  power  and  patronage  have 
passed  away. 

Here  and  now  we  beseech  thee,  0  thou  God  of  our  fathers!  to  in- 
cline the  hearts  of  all  present,  and  of  all  our  people,  to  the  cultiva- 
tion of  every  proper  sentiment  of  reverence  for  thee,  love  for  each 
other,  and  loj'alty  to  our  common  country.  Almighty  and  most 
merciful  Father,  who  hast  taught  us  to  make  supplication  for  all  men, 
we  beseech  thee  to  lead  such  as  may  be  ignorant,  from  error  to  the 
pure  understanding  of  thy  truth,  so  that  all  mankind  may  learn, 
with  one  consent,  to  worship  thee,  their  only  God  and  S.iviour ;  and 
because  the  hearts  of  rulers  are  in  thy  hand,  we  beseech  thee  to 
guide  and  govern  all  those  unto  whom  thou  hast  committed  the 
sword  ;■  especially  we  entreat  thee  to  bless  those  in  authority  in  this 
land.  Let  thy  fatherly  favor  so  preserve  them,  let  thy  Holy  Spirit 
so  direct  their  minds,  that  they  may  execute  their  office  to  the  main- 
tenance of  pure  religion  and  the  punishment  of  evil-doers  according 
to  .thy  holy  Word.  Give  grace  to  all  ministers  of  tlij^  holj-  Wordj 
that  they  may,  both  in  doctrine  and  life,  be  found  faithful.  Unite 
all  Christians  in  Jesus  Christ,  the  true  and  universal  Head,  and  in 
the  true  Christian  and  Catholic  faith  and  love.  Let  all  mankind 
subject  themselves  to  thee,  their  King.  Let  the  kingdoms  of  the 
world  become  the  kingdoms  of  the  Lord  and  of  his  Christ.  Let 
every  soul  be  subject  to  the  higher  powers  and  not  resist.  Let  them 
obey  all  in  authority.  Give  us  needful  sustenance  and  contentment 
therewith.  Bless  our  labors,  giving  us  the  fruits  of  the  earth  in  their 
season ;  and  send  us  such  temperate  weather  as  may  tend  thereto. 
May  we  be  led  of  thy  Spirit  to  true  repentance  for  all  our  sins,  which 
do  thou  forgive,  and  accept  and  save  us  in  thy  beloved  Son,  for  thou 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  151 

art  the  universal  King — all  power  is  thine  in  heaven  and  in  earth. 
Of  thee  and  through  thee  and  to  thee  are  all  things,  and  the  glory 
shall  be  thine  forever.     Amen. 

CLOSE    OF    THE    CEREMONIES. 

The  Artillery,  stationed  outside  the  inclosure,  then 
fired  three  salvos,  announcing  the  close  of  the  ceremo- 
nies. 

The  column  was  again  formed,  and  on  reaching  the 
outside  of  the  grounds,  the  music  played  a  quickstep, 
and  the  jorocession  was  conducted  back  to  tne  city.  Af- 
ter reaching  Capitol  Square,  the  Xew-York  Seventh 
Regiment  was  taken  in  charge  by  the  Virginia  military 
and  escorted  to  the  dining-hall  at  Warwick  &  Barksdale's 

new  mill. 

THE    DINNER. 

The  narrow  streets  in  the  vicinity  of  Gallego  Mills 
were  crowded  to  impassability  by  half-past  two  o'clock, 
by  those  who  had  rushed  in  haste  from  the  funeral  cere- 
monies to  witness  the  entrance  of  the  military  into  the 
dining-room.  The  crowd  did  not  wait  long,  for  in  a  few 
minutes  the  rolling  of  drums  announced  their  approach, 
and  then  the  apparently  endless  column  of  the  National 
Guard  turned  into  Twelfth  street.  The  view  from  the 
windows  of  the  mill  was  most  imposing.  Far  back  to 
Main  street  the  platoons  of  white  pants  and  gray  coats, 
marching  with  the  precision  of  automatons,  covered  the 
ground  ;  and  as  they  approached,  company  after  company 
of  the  more  gaudy  uniforms  of  the  city  military  wheeled 
into  the  street,  adding  color  and  beauty  to  the  picture. 
Amid  the  deafening  roll  of  the  drums  and  the  cheers  of 
the  crowd,  the  Guard  entered,  followed  by  their  hosts. 
The  Guard  filed  into  a  room  above  the  dining-room, 
stacked  amis  and  formed  into  two  lines,  awaiting  the  en- 
trance of  the  other  companies.  As  each  of  them  mounted 
the  stairs  and  filed  off  before  them,  the  Guard  gave  signal 
of  their  approval  by  furious  cries  of  "  hoi,  hoi,"  something 


152  REMOVAL    qF   THE    REMAINS 

they  substituted  for  the  continued  huzzaing  used  by  the 
Virginians.  The  Virginians  returned  the  compHment  by 
their  usual  terrific  cheering.  All  the  companies  were 
then  dismissed,  and  repaired  to  a  long  table  across  the 
room,  on  which  were  ranged  bowls  varying  in  capacity 
from  ten  to  fifty  gallons,  and  spent  a  few  minutes  in  a 
social  glass. 

DINING-ROOM. 

The  dining-room  was  on  the  sixth  story,  and  embraced 
the  entire  area  of  one  floor  of  the  mammoth  mill. 
Through  it  were  intersj^ersed  fifty-seven  pillars,  which 
formed  the  support.  The  ceiling  was  hung  with  festoons 
of  red,  white,  and  blue  cloth,  which  fluttered  gayly  in  the 
delicious  breeze  from  the  river.  The  pillars  were  adorned 
with  holly  and  cedar,  which  was  confined  with  knots  of 
particolored  cloth.  On  each  pillar  there  were  crosses 
formed  with  muskets,  sabres,  and  bayonets,  evidencing 
very  good  taste  on  the  part  of  those  who  dressed  the 
room.  The  President's  table,  at  which  sat  the  invited 
guests,  was  situated  at  the  south  side  of  the  apartment, 
and  from  it,  at  right  angles,  ran  seven  long  tables,  reach- 
ing to  the  other  end  of  the  building.  Behind  this  table 
were  a  number  of  flags  arranged  so  as  to  form  a  bril- 
liantly colored  background ;  stars  composed  of  artillery 
sabres,  the  points  exposed,  adorned  the  pillar  in  rear  of 
this  table.  Among  the  gentlemen  at  this  table,  were 
Governor  Wise,  Samuel  L.  Gouverneur,  Jr.,  a  grandson 
of  Monroe's  ;  John  Cochrane,  Esq.,  of  New-York  ;  Maj. 
Hill,  U.S.A. ;  Col.  Duryee,  of  the  National  Guard  ;  James 
Lyons,  O.  Jennings  Wise,  Chas.  G.  Connell,  G.  P.  Bick- 
ford,  Thos.  A.  Dunn,  John  Valentine,  Seymour  A.  Bunce, 
John  Frazier,  members  of  the  the  New- York  City  Coun- 
cil ;  T.  W.  Adams,  Michael  Murray,  M.  Tuomey,  John 
Lynes,  and  James  Owen,  Aldermen  of  New- York  ; 
James  P.  Gallagher,  Sergcant-at-Arms  of  the  New- York 
Council ;  Col.  Thos.  P.  August,  Jos.  Mayo,  Mayor  of 


OF   JAMES    MOXEOE.  153 

Richmond  ;  Henry  Wilson,  Esq.,  of  New- York,  the  un- 
dertaker, who  furnished  the  sarcophagus  and  superin- 
tended the  funeral  ceremonies. 

THE    SPEECHES,    ETC. 

About  four  o'clock,  the  companies  in  the  room  above, 
formed  and  marched  down  to  dinner.  The  National 
Guard,  headed  by  their  band,  entered  the  dining-room 
first,  and  for  nearly  half  an  hour,  nothing  was  heard  save 
the  tramp  of  the  military  in  quick  and  slow  step,  and 
marking  time  as  they  were  being  conducted  to  their 
seats  at  the  table. 

Every  thing  being  at  last  arranged,  Col.  August,  who 
sat  at  the  centre  of  the  head-table,  with  Col.  Duryee  and 
the  Governor  of  the  State  beside  him,  and  surrounded  by 
an  imposing  array  of  officers,  now  rose  to  his  feet,  and 
in  a  voice  loud  and  clarion-like,  and  in  words  loving, 
brotherly,  and  patriotic,  welcomed  to  old  Virginia  the 
Seventh  National  Guards  as  follows  : 

Brother  Volunteers  of  the  City  of  New-York  :  In  the  name  and 
in  behalf  of  the  volunteers  of  Richmond  and  Henrico,  I  bid  you  wel- 
come to  our  State,  our  homes,  our  hearts,  and  our  festive  board. 
Although  we  have  looked  upon  each  other  this  morning  for  the  first 
time,  you  are  not  strangers  to  us.  The  fame  of  your  gallant  corps  is 
coextensive  with  the  broad  limits  of  this  Union,  and  the  name  of 
National  Guard  is  the  synonym  of  model  citizen  soldier.  Gratifying 
as  your  visit  would  have  been  under  any  circumstances,  it  is  en- 
deared to  us  because  you  have  come  to  pay  your  grateful  tribute  to 
the  memory  of  one  of  Virginia's  illustrious  dead,  whose  life  was  a 
long  and  brilliant  career  of  service  to  his  country.  You  have  come 
to  deposit  all  that  was  mortal  of  him  in  the  bosom  of  that  mother 
who  gave  him  birth,  reared  him  with  love,  and  devoted  him  with 
pride  to  the  nation. 

But,  it  is  not  alone  for  this  you  are  welcome — you  are  welcome 
because  you  are  our  brethren — citizens  of  a  common  country,  pro- 
tected by  a  common  flag,  blessed  with  a  common  Constitution,  work- 
ing out  with  us  a  common  destiny  upon  which  the  sacred  cause  of 
liberty  depends.  You  are  welcome  as  the  descendants  of  Clinton, 
Schuyler,  Hamilton,  and  Livingston — names  as  imperishable  as  the 


154  REMOVAL  t)F  THE  REMAINS 

recollection  of  the  mighty  drama  in  which  they  played  so  distin- 
guished a  part — you  are  welcome  as  citizens  of  the  Empii'e  State, 
whose  giant  strides  in  prosperity  and  power  have  added  so  much 
to  the  glory  and  renown  of  our  whole  countr}'. 

Oh !  may  the  memories  of  this  day  serve  to  allay  sectional  jealousies 
and  strifes,  and  to  wipe  out  geographical  divisions — may  they  serve ' 
to  hind  us  together,  as  our  forefathers  were  hound,  by  links  of  sin- 
cere and  fraternal  affection.  May  the  recollection  of  these  blended 
banners  (pointing  to  th  flags  of  the  K'ew-York  and  Virginia  Regi- 
ments, suspended  together  over  the  head  of  the  table)  always  re* 
mind  us  of  the  blended  glories  of  the  past  and  the  blended  hopes  of 
the  future,  and  may  all  our  efforts  be  dedicated  to  the  advancement 
of  the  honor  of  our  whole  country — ^the  perpetuation  of  our  glori- 
ous Union,  and  the  rights  of  each  and  all  the  sovereignties  that  com- 
pose it. 

To  all  our  guests  I  extend  a  cordial  and  hearty  welcome.  I  have 
now  but  one  request  to  make — but  one  order  to  give — eat  what  is 
set  before  you. 

The  order  from  headquarters  was  promptly  obeyed, 
and  the  edibles  rapidly  disappeared.  After  the  cloth  was 
cleared,  glasses  were  filled,  and  the  reading  of  regular 
toasts  commenced.     They  were  as  follows  ; 

1.  Jn\y  4th,  '76.  Tlie  birthday  of  this  nation.  Its  anniversary, 
the  most  important  in  the  history  of  mankind. 

2.  Washington.  The  light  of  his  age,  the  pride  of  his  country,  the 
glory  of  his  species — the  world  never  looked  upon  his  equal,  and  can 
never  behold  his  superior. 

3.  The  memory  of  James  Monroe — the  soldier  and  statesman. 

4.  The  union  of  the  States.  May  the  spirit  of  liberty,  like  the  rod 
of  Aaron,  swallow  up  the  spirit  of  fanaticism. 

James  Lyons,  Esq.,  in  answer  to  louds  calls,  responded 
briefly.  He  said  he  was  no  idolater  of  the  Union,  for  the 
Union  itself^ — he  was  not  for  a  union  merely  for  the  bene- 
fits it  conferred.  He  was  for  a  union  on  principle.  A 
union  of  hearts  and  hands.  A  union  of  Virginia  men 
with  New- York  women.  He  paid  a  high  comi^liment  to 
New-York  and  her  military  representatives  present,  and 
alluded  to  the  fact  that  James  Monroe  had  married  a 


OF    JAMES    MOXROE.  155 

New-York  lady,  and  after  a  commentary  on  his  life  and 
services,  concluded  with  the  following  sentiment : 

New- York  and  Virginia.  United  in  glory,  united  by  interest,  and 
united  by  marriage,  nothing  but  fanaticism  can  separate  them. 

5.  K"ew-York.  We  tender  our  thanks  for  the  manner  in  which 
she  has  restored  to  the  bosom  of  the  mother  the  remains  of  her  long 
absent  son. 

John-  Cochrane,  Esq.,  of  Xew-York,  responded  to  this 
toast.  He  said  he  did  not  suppose  he  could  be  heard,  or 
that  it  was  possible  for  a  human  being  to  make  himself 
heard  on  an  occasion  so  exciting  and  so  glorious.  But  as 
a  son  of  Xew-York,  he  was  prepared  to  lay  all  her  glories 
and  honors  at  the  feet  of  Virginia.  It  was  New- York 
who  had  reason  to  be  proud  of  her  part  in  this  occasion, 
for  her  sons  had  come  on  a  pilgrimage  of  love  to  return 
the  sacred  deposit  she  had  retained  for  so  many  years. 
If  he  could  be  heard  on  this  occasion,  he  would  attempt 
to  show  how  closely  the  interests  of  the  two  States  were 
identified — that  so  loner  as  Viro-inia  and  Xew-York  shall 
be  commercially  connected,  there  can  be  no  danger  of  a 
dissolution  of  the  Union.  He  then  referred  to  the  origin 
of  the  Revolutionary  War,  saying  that  Virginia  was  the 
motive  power — hers  the  talent  and  combination,  and 
hers  the  man  that  made  the  Revolution.  Though  he 
felt  all  the  pride  in  his  native  State  that  could  be  looked 
for,  he  was  yet  more  proud  in  finding  her  name  so  closely 
associated  in  the  toast  with  that  of  the  distinguished 
statesman  deceased.  He  alluded  to  the  great  wealth  yet 
undeveloped  in  the  bosom  of  the  Old  Dominion,  and  was 
rejoiced  that  the  inhabitants  of  the  State  seemed  about 
to  throw  oflf  the  lethargy  which  had  so  long  closed  her 
bosom  to  the  apj^eals  of  mining  and  manufactures,  and 
place  the  State  in  the  front  rank  of  her  confederate  sis- 
ters, imder  the  guidance  of  the  distinguished  leader  (Gov. 
Wise)  who  sat  near  him,  who  was  now  devoting  his  en- 
ergies and  h'u  life  to  the  accomplishment  of  that  grand 


loO  KEiTOYAL    Ol'   THE    REMAINS 

purpose.  He  spoke  hopefully  of  Virginia's  future,  and 
urged  her  sons  to  go  on  and  develop  the  bright  colors 
it  contained  and  realize  the  glory  which  was  their  right. 
After  some  farther  remarks  in  the  same  strain,  he  closed 
with  an  appropriate  sentiment,  which  was  received  with 
loud  applause : 

6.  Virginia.  Her  sons  of  the  past.  Her  sons  of  the  present  can 
speak  for  themselves. 

Gov.  Wise  was  called  upon  to  respond.  When  he 
arose.  Col.  Duryee  proposed  three  cheers,  which  were 
heartily  given  by  the  National  Guard,  and  followed  up  by 
continued  cheering  for  some  fifteen  minutes. 

Fellow- Citizens:  I  think  I  can  call  ourselves  to  -uitness  that  we 
are  the  most  cheerful  meeting  that  ever  gathered  together.  [Laugh- 
ter.] "We  are  told  in  the  toast  to  which  I  have  been  called  upon  to 
respond,  that  it  is  first  given  to  "  Virginia ;"  next  to  her  "  sons  of 
the  past ;"  and  as  for  her  sons  of  the  present,  they  can  speak  for 
themselves ;  and  I  think  I  can  call  yourselves  to  witness,  that  every 
one  of  lis  can  speak  at  once.  [Laughter.  There  was  immense  con- 
fusion in  the  hall.]  Last  night,  late,  I  was  notified  duly  that  I  would 
be  called  upon  this  day  to  respond  to  this  toast ;  and  when  I  came 
to  look  at  it,  very  little  reflection  taught  me  that  it  would  take  a 
whole  lifetime  to  respond  to  it.  Once,  when  the  State  of  Massachu- 
setts, the  older  sister  of  Virginia,  was  alluded  to — and  alluded  to 
with  a  sneer — all  that  that  master  of  eloquence,  nc  other  than  Dan- 
iel Webster  himself,  did  say,  was,  "  There  Massachusetts  stands  ;"  and 
in  respect  to  Virginia,  I  would  take  up  the  sentiment  of  his  words, 
an4  say :  "  Here  Virginia  stands."  [Applause,]  But  are  you  pre- 
pared to  listen  to  a  library  of  historj'  in  speaking  of  herself,  and  a 
biography  in  speaking  of  her  sons  of  the  past  ?  It  would  take  vol- 
umes to  speak  or  to  write  her  history  and  their  biography.  No !  you 
have  not  the  time  for  either  now,  and  we  are  not  prepared  for  the 
task.  But  Virginia  has  her  history  of  her  settlement !  And  there 
stands  Jamestown,  with  all  the  romance  of  the  history  of  Pocahon- 
tas and  Capt.  Smith,  [Applause,]  Virginia  has  her  colonial  history, 
and  there  is  a  volume  in  the  first  rebellion  against  British  tyranny 
on  the  continent  —  Bacon's  Rebellion.  And  there,  near  you,  is 
"  Bloodv  Run,"  and  besides  this,  tliere  is  "  Point  Pleasant,"  and  be- 


OF  JAMES    MONROE.  157 

yond  that  is  the  march  of  George  Rogers  Clark  to  Kaskastia  and 
Vincennes,  that  beats  any  march  of  the  ten  thousand  in  Grecian  or 
Persian  history.  [Applause.]  And  then,  Virginia  has  her  Revolu- 
tionary history.  Go  to  the  old  magazines  at  Williamsburgh,  and 
there  you  will  find  was  the  first  ball  of  the  revolution  to  which 
Patrick  Henry's  eloquence  gave  the  impulse.  [Applause.]  Go  to 
the  very  frontispiece  of  the  first  work  of  the  first  convention  of  our 
fathers,  and  there  you  will  find  the  record  of  the  first  Bill  of  Rights, 
not  excepting  Magna  Charta.  [Applause,]  I  am,  fellow-citizens, 
not  alluding  to  events  like  those  which  threw  the  tea  into  the  har- 
bor of  Boston — that,  and  other  deeds  of  like  kind,  were  done  bj- 
masked  men — men  who  had  to  assume  the  costume  of  the  red  men — 
of  Mohawks.  But  I  speak  of  open  and  organized  action.  Go  to  the 
old  Raleigh,  in  Williamsburgh,  and  you  will  there  find  that  without 
putting  on  a  mask,  Virginia,  through  her  legislators  and  representa- 
tives, the  first  that  ever  sat  in  the  world,  of  a  sovereign  constituen- 
cy, was  the  first  openly,  daringly,  in  organized  conclave  to  proclaim 
freedom  and  independence  on  the  20th  of  June,  1776.  [Applause.] 
She  alone  proclaimed  herself  solely  without  knowing  whether  any 
sister  State  would  back  her,  free,  sovereign,  and  independent.  [Ap- 
plause.] Go,  then,  into  Carpenter's  Hall,  and  see  the  sovereign 
States  meet ;  see  them  assemble  there.  Oh  !  what  a  scene !  My 
God,  if  you  can  only  picture  that  scene  this  day  in  an  assembly  like 
this !  Charles  Carroll  signing  the  risk  of  millions,  and  Stephen  Hop- 
kins, with  palsy  in  the  hand  but  none  in  the  heart,  signing — signing 
what  ?  Signing  the  great  charter,  the  great  national  Declaration, 
which  said  that  the  Virginia  declaration  of  the  20th  of  June  shall 
not  be  left  alone,  but  that  the  4th  of  July  shall  be  added  to  the  de- 
claration of  the  20th  of  June,  and  that  the  whole  nation  shall  be 
united  in  one  Declaration,  written  by  the  four  fingers  and  the  thumb 
of  one  of  Virginia's  sires.  [Tremendous  applause.]  Look  to  Vir- 
ginia's part  in  the  formation  of  the  articles  of  the  Confederation, 
which  led  to  the  formation  of  your  Federal  Constitution.  Listen  to 
me  now,  and  to  what  I  am  going  to  say — I  wish  that  there  was  no 
noise,  and  that  there  was  silence  in  all  the  earth,  and  that  I  had  the 
trumpet  of  an  archangel  to  sound  it  every  where.  "When  your 
fathers  attempted  to  form  this  Union  they  did  not  know,  before- 
hand, what  sort  of  a  union  it  was  to  be.  They  set  to  work  and  did 
the  best  they  could  under  the  circumstances.  What  they  would  ac- 
complish no  man  could  tell.  There  was  not  a  head  upon  either  that 
had  the  human  wisdom  to  foretell  what  it  was  to  be ;  but  they  went 
in /or  union  for  union's  sake.     [Applause.]     By  all  the  gods,  by  all 


158  REMOVAL    O:^   THE   REMAINS 

the  altars  of  my  country,  I  go  for  union  for  union's  sake.  [Loud  ap- 
plause, which  continued  for  several  minutes.]  They  set  to  work  to 
make  the  best  Union  they  could,  and  they  did  make  the  best  Union 
and  the  best  Government  that  ever  was  made.  [Applause.]  Wash- 
ington, Franklin,  Jefferson — all  combined  in  Congress  or  out  of  Con- 
gress, in  Convention  or  out  of  Convention,  never  made  that  Consti- 
tution— God  Almighty  sent  it  down  to  your  fathers.  [Applause.] 
It  was  a  Avork,  too,  of  glory  and  a  work  of  inspiration.  [Applause.] 
I  believe  that  as  fully  as  I  believe  in  my  Bible.  No  man,  from  Ham- 
ilton, and  Jay,  and  Madison — from  Edmund  Randolph,  who  had  the 
chief  hand  in  making  it — and  he  was  a  Virginian — the  writers  of  it> 
the  authors  of  it,  and  you  who  have  lived  under  it  from  1789  down 
to  this  year  of  our  Lord  1858 — none  of  your  fathers  and  none  of 
your  father's  sons,  has  ever  measured  the  height,  or  the  depth,  or  the 
length,  or  the  breadth  of  the  wisdom  of  that  Constitution.  [Loud 
applause.] 

Virginia,  Virginia  speaks  for  herself,  she  gave  you  the  father  of 
your  country.  [Applause.]  She  gave  you  your  revolution ;  she  gave 
you  your  liberty ;  she  gave  you  the  author  of  the  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence ;  slie  put  the  ball  of  revolution  in  motion  and  was  the 
first  that  gave  it  impulse.  [Applause.]  She  was  the  mother  of  your 
Constitution  in  the  person  of  Edmund  Randolph  and  Madison.  And 
then  she  was  the  mother  of  your  judiciary  in  the  person  of  John 
Marshall.  [Applause.]  Mother  of  the  Father  of  the  country; 
mother  of  tlie  Constitution  ;  mother  of  tlie  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence ;  mother  of  the  Revolution ;  mother  of  the  Judiciary,  which  is 
the  great  bulwark  of  the  Constitution.  [Loud  applause.]  We  may 
well  claim  that  she  is  "  mother  of  us  all !"  Is  it  necessary  for  me  to 
give  you  a  list  of  her  sons  ?  They  are  more  numerous  than  the 
mighty  pillars  of  this  mighty  fabric  ;  and  they  are  just  as  staunch  in 
their  historical  version  as  these  pillars  in  the  firm  basements.  [Loud 
applause.] 

And  now  after  all,  they  talk  about  Virginia's  decay :  she  has  never 
decayed,  she  has  not  decayed ;  she  has  not  progressed  in  mechanic 
arts,  in  mining,  and  manufacturing,  and  commerce,  but  she  has  ten 
times  the  fi.eld  of  Pennsylvania  in  iron  and  coal,  and  she  can  have 
mechanics,  or  miners,  or  manufacturers,  and  commerce  whenever  she 
chooses ;  and  as  I  have  said  often  before,  every  river  has  its  water- 
fall which  murmurs  the  music  of  her  power  for  machinery.  [Ap- 
plause.] 

I  thank  you  (addressing  himself  to  Mr.  Cochrane)  for  the  honest 
truth  which  you  have  told  them  this  day.     As  a  witness  to  what  I 


OF  JAMES   MONROE.  159 

have  been  preaching  for  twenty  years  to  my  constituents.  It  is 
time  that  Virginia  was  turning  her  attention  to  manufactures,  me- 
chanics, and  commerce,  and  mining.  No  country,  no  State  can  live 
upon  one  only  of  the  five  cardinal  powers  of  production.  She  must 
resort  to  all  of  the  five  combined,  and  she  is  doing  it ;  go  before  you 
leave  here,  my  friends  from  New-York,  and  look  at  the  iron  facto- 
ries that  are  growing  up  around  this  noble  scenery,  I  say  that  labor 
is  not  the  "  mud-sill"  of  society,  and  I  thank  God  that  the  old  colo- 
nial aristocracy  of  Virginia,  which  despised  mechanical  and  manual 
labor,  is  nearly  run  out.  I  thank  God  that  we  are  beginning  to  see 
miners,  mechanics,  and  manufacturers  who  will  help  to  raise  what  is 
left  of  that  aristocracy  up  to  the  middle  grade  of  respectability. 
[Laughter  and  applause.]  Look  at  the  iron  factory  here,  look  at  the 
tobacco  factory  here — that  factory  which  is  every  day  stealing  my 
life  away  with  the  very  weeds  of  luxury.  (The  Governor  chews  to- 
bacco freely.)  But  it  is  worth  some  five  or  six  millions  now ;  and  if 
you  ask  me  where  Virginia  is  to-day,  I  will  tell  you  ivhere  you  are — 
in  Warwick  <fe  Barksdale's  mill-house,  that  grinds  out  (I  mean  all  the 
mills)  about  five  hundred  thousand  barrels  of  flour  per  year.  [Ap- 
plause.] And,  sir,  we  are  reaching  our  Briarian  arms  to  the  big 
bend  of  the  Ohio.  We  are  running  a  dead  straight  line  of  railroad 
from  Hampton  Roads  to  the  mouth  of  the  Ohio,  which  lies  exactly 
midway  between  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  and  the  Northern  lakes.  We 
will  carry  this  canal — look  at  its  basin — we  will  carry  it  across  the 
Alleghanies;  and,  Mr.  President  of  the  James  River  and  Kanawha 
Canal,  (addressing  himself  to  Col.  Ellis,)  if  you  and  I  don't  live  to 
see  it  cross  the  tunnels  of  the  Alleghanies,  my  children  will  live  to 
see  it.  I  can't  say  that  of  yours,  as  you  have  got  none.  [Laughter, 
and  cries  of  "  this  way,"  "this  way,"  from  the  left.] 

Gov.  Wise. — The  fact  is  that  I  am  now  talked  out.  I  have  recent- 
ly recovered  from  severe  illness,  and  feel,  consequently,  unable  to 
speak  at  any  length. 

Cries  of.  Go  on,  go  on. 

Gov.  Wise. — I  would  if  I  could,  but  I  can  not.  I  will  now  con- 
clude by  giving  you  the  following  toast : 

Virginia's  Guests — They  must  measure  Virginia's  welcome  to  them 
by  the  size  and  use  pf  her  dining-room — the  largest  flouring  mill, 
with  the  best  brand  in  the  world.  If  there  be  not  bread  enough  on 
the  board  below,  there  are  barrels  for  thousands  more  in  the  stores 
above. 

The  Governor  took  his  seat  amid  the  most  enthusiastic 
applause. 


IGO  REMOVAL  OF  THE  EEMAIXS 

7.  The  Seventli  Regiment  of  N^ew-York  State  Militia — ^The  first  corps 
of  the  first  city  of  the  first  State  of  the  first  nation — known  always 
to  the  country — to-day  endeared  to  Virginia. 

Colonel  Duryee  responded : 

In  behalf  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  he  thanked  them  for  the  high 
compliment  that  they  had  been  pleased  to  pay  the  National  Guard 
on  this  occasion.  It  is  a  source  of  great  pleasure,  and  gratification 
to  the  officers  and  members  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  to  perform 
their  duty  in  a  manner  as  to  merit  the  approbation  of  their  fellow- 
countrymen.  They  endeavor  to  do  a  duty  they  owe  to  their  coun- 
try, its  constitution,  and  laws ;  in  supporting  its  institutions  with 
fidelity  and  zeal,  they  ever  hope  to  be  animated  with  true  patriotism 
and  devotion. 

The  kind  invitation  and  reception  they  had  met  with  this  day, 
make  them  feel  they  are  indeed  in  the  hands  of  their  warm-hearted 
brethren  of  the  South. 

The  North  and  the  South  here  mingle  in  pleasing  fraternitj'-,  the 
interchange  of  friendly  and  brotherly  sentiments  obliterates  all  geo- 
graphical lines,  all  sectional  differences  are  removed,  and  from  this 
time  forward,  may  the  massive  columns  of  the  friends  of  the  Union 
gather  strength  and  unity,  in  support  of  the  laws,  to  the  exalted  dig- 
nity and  glory  of  our  country. 

Members  of  the  National  Guard,  wo  are  this  day  the  recipients  of 
the  unbounded  hospitality  of  the  Virginia  Volunteers.  I  therefore 
propose  the  Virginia  Volunteers — their  hearty  reception  and  gener- 
ous hospitality  makes  this  an  occasion  never  to  be  forgotten. 

James  Lyons  rose  after  the  tumult  had  subsided,  and 
proposed  nine  cheers  for  the  National  Guard  and  three 
more  for  their  gallant  commander.  The  call  was  heartily 
responded  to. 

The  following  regular  toasts  were  then  read,  the  read- 
ing being  interrupted  several  times  by  calls  for  Mayor 
Mayo,  Col.  Selden,  and  others. 

8.  The  City  of  New-York  and  the  City  of  Richmond— They  vie 
with  each  other  in  honoring  the  memory  of  a  patriot  whose  light 
"  far  off  shone"  even  in  the  dai/s  of  patriotism. 

9.  The  Army  of  the  United  States,  A  winter  campaign  in  the 
Rocky  Mountains  has  shown  that  they  have  an  "Alexander"  who  may 


OF    JAMES    MOXROE.  161 

be  "great,"  and  a  "  Cooke"  who  cnn  keep  his  cour?e  'mid  storms  as 
violent  as  those  of  the  deep. 

10.  The  Is'avy  of  the  United  States.  They  only  await  the  order, 
to  pluck  the  "  Buzzard,"  and  navigate  the  "  Stj'x." 

11.  January  8,  1815.  The  day  that  Americans  taught  Peninsular 
heroes  that  others,  besides  the  British  soldier,  understood  the  push  of 
the  bayonet. 

12.  The  Volunteers  of  the  United  States.  The  country  fears  no- 
thing from  their  numbers,  but  expects  every  thing  of  their  fidelity 
and  courage. 

13.  Woman.  The  joy  and  torment  of  man's  life — the  Alpha  and 
Omega  of  his  existence — the  main-spring  of  all  his  actions — the 
tyrant  from  whom  there  is  no  appeal,  whose  slightest  caprice  is  law, 
whose  subjects  are  slaves,  yet  whose  thraldom  we  all  desire  to  last 
forever. 

The  reading  of  the  toasts  being  finished,  the  company 
dispersed,  and  the  scene  became  one  of  great  activity  in 
preparation  for  leaving,  and  was  followed  by  the  solemn 
stillness  which  prevailed  after  the  military  had  left. 

CLOSE    OF   THE    DAY. 

The  festivities  in  the  dining-room  having  terminated, 
the  companies  resumed  their  arms,  and  the  Xational 
Guard  soon  after  formed  into  line  on  Twelfth  street.  As 
the  Virginia  military  marched  by  the  line,  their  guests  pre- 
sented arms.  They  then  formed  into  column  by  compa- 
nies, and  were  escorted  up  Main  to  Ninth  street,  and  up 
Ninth  to  Capitol  Square.  The  entire  column  then 
marched  around  the  Monument  and  saluted  the  statue  of 
Washington. 

After  spending  a  short  time  on  the  Square,  the  New- 
Yorkers  were  escorted  to  their  quarters — the  Ballard 
House,  the  St.  Charles,  and  the  Powhatan- — and  dismissed. 
There  was  no  parade  at  night,  but  many  of  the  soldiers  en- 
deavored to  make  the  time  of  the  visitors  pass  pleasantly, 
by  bestowing  on  them  such  attentions  as  lay  within  their 
power.  The  Artillery  fired  the  usual  evening  salute,  on 
Capitol  Square. 


162  REMOVAL  O^   THE  REMAINS 

AT  NIGHT. 

The  Capitol  Square  was  the  centre  of  attraction,  where 
thousands  of  persons  assembled  to  inhale  the  pure  air, 
and  to  spend  a  pleasant  hour.  By  eight  o'clock  groups  of 
ladies  with  their  attendants  were  to  be  seen  moving  from 
every  direction  towards  the  Square,  so  that  before  nine 
o'clock  the  various  avenues  on  the  west  side  of  the  Capi- 
tol presented  one  living  mass  of  human  beings,  surging 
to  and  fro  as  if  moved  by  other  than  human  power. 
The  committee  appointed  to  decorate  these  grounds  for 
the  occasion,  had  strung  hundreds  of  Chmese  lamps, 
made  of  colored  paper,  along  the  walks  and  upon  the 
trees  and  Southern  portico  of  the  Capitol,  the  variegated 
lights  from  which,  reflecting  upon  the  parties  sitting  upon 
the  grass,  benches,  and  steps  of  the  monument  and  State 
House,  gave  to  the  whole  scene  a  most  picturesque  and 
fairy-like  appearance.  Added  to  this,  the  Armory  band 
discoursed  delightful  music  for  a  short  time,  which  served 
to  increase  the  animation  of  the  scene.  As  a  further 
attraction,  transparent  arches,  with  suitable  devices,  were 
thrown  over  the  various  gateways  leading  into  the  square. 
We  present  a  copy  of  them. 

Over  the  gate  leading  into  Twelfth  street  and  Frank- 
lin, were  the  following  words  : 

"  The  Mount  Vernon  Association.  Virginians,  open  youi*  hearts 
and  your  purses." 

Ov^er  Eleventh  and  Bank  street  gate : 

"  A  sister  bears  the  remains  to  a  sister's  bosom.  It  touches  the 
heart." 

Over  Tenth  and  Bank  street  gate  : 

"  James  Moxroe.  He  controlled  millions,  and  died  poor.  This  is 
virtue." 

Over  Ninth  and  Bank  street  gate  : 

"  Citizen  soldiers — the  only  standing  army  required  in  a  Re- 
public." 


OF   JAMES    MOXROE.  163 

Over  Mnth  and  Franklin  street  gate  : 
"  Virginia  Presidents — let  their  bones  repose  in  her  soil  until  they 
rise  in  immortality." 

Over  Ninth  and  Grace  street  gate  : 

"  Fourth  of  July  and  Jefferson — Immortal  by  his  efforts,  it  gave 
him  immortality." 

Over  Ninth  and  Caj^itol  street  gate  : 

"  The  wisdom  and  valor  of  Virginia,  wrought  into  immortal 
bronze  by  the  genius  of  New-York." 

Over  the  gate  fronting  the  City  Hall : 

"  The  Empire  State  and  the  Old  Dominion — united  by  the  asso- 
ciations of  the  past,  and  the  bonds  of  enduring  affection." 

This  arch  was  handsomely  festooned  with  red,  white, 
and  blue,  upon  which  were  stars  and  wreaths  of  ever- 
green, with  small  flags  waving  above  it. 

Over  the  east  gate,  leading  to  Capitol  street  : 

"  The  Fourth  will  never  be  forgotten  by  the  Seventh." 

Over  the  gate  leading  from  the  square  into  the  Gover- 
nor's yard : 

"The  Governors  of  Virginia — the  guardians  of  her  rights — the 
defenders  of  her  honor." 

The  upholstery  of  this  arch  was  on  red,  white,  and 
blue,  handsomely  decorated  with  stars  and  wreaths  of 
evergreens,  and  small  flags,  and  when  lighted  up  was 
quite  attractive. 

The  visitors  to  the  Square  seemed  highly  gratified  at 
the  simple  yet  attractive  decorations  prepared  by  the 
Committee,  and  many  of  them  regretted  that  the  even- 
ing for  enjoyment  was  so  soon  ended. 


164  I^EMOYAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 


SCENES    AND    INCIDENTS. 

In  honor  of  the  trebly  interesting  occasion  of  the  day 
— the  national  anniversary,  the  reception  of  the  remains, 
and  the  entertainment  of  the  Seventh  Regiment — Capitol 
Square  in  the  evening  presented  the  appearance  of  a  vast 
Carnival  scene.  The  equestrian  statue  of  Washington, 
the  Governor's  mansion,  and  the  entire  grounds  were 
illuminated  with  fifteen  hundred  red,  white,  and  blue 
lanterns,  presenting  a  most  brilliant  coup  d^ceil.  At  the 
gate  leading  to  the  Governor's  mansion,  was  an  arched 
transparency  in  red,  white,  and  blue  muslin,  trimmed 
with  laurel. 

During  the  evening,  a  national  salute  of  one  gun  for 
each  State  was  fired.  The  crowd  was  dense  until  a  late 
hour,  and  many  ladies  promenaded  without  their  hats, 
giving  the  scene  much  the  semblance  of  one  of  our  New- 
York  German  festivals  in  Virginia's  best  style. 

The  Seventh,  determined  to  see  all  that  was  to  be  seen 
in  town,  and  after  the  Square  was  nearly  deserted,  many 
of  them  provided  themselves  with  the  lanterns,  and  pur- 
sued their  explorations,  in  companies  of  from  five  to  fif- 
teen, through  the  quiet  city,  admiring  the  cleanness  and 
regularity  of  the  streets,  the  public  buildings,  etc. 

SERENADE  TO  THE  GOVERNOR  AND  MAYOR. 

Shortly  after  midnight,  Noll's  National  Guard  Band 
was,  with  some  difficulty,  collected,  and  a  goodly  com- 
pany proceeded  to  serenade  the  Governor  with  some  of 
their  choicest  operatic  selections.  The  Governor,  and 
family  and  guests,  including  some  of  the  delegation  of 
New- York  Virginians,  and  Hon.  John  Cochrane,  appear- 
ed and  acknowledged  the  compliment.  The  same  cour- 
tesy was  extended  to  Mayor  Mayo,  who  was  somewhat 


OF    JAMES    MOXROE.  165 

taken  by  surprise,  but  addressed  his  visitors  in  an  excel- 
lent extemporaneous  speech,  awarding  the  highest  praise 
to  the  Seventh  Regiment,  and  hoping  that  the  courtesies 
between  Xew-York  and  Virginia  would  never  cease. 

The  New-Yorkers  were  somewhat  wearied  with  the 
tedious  voyage,  the  arduous  march,  and  the  pressing  hos- 
pitahty  of  their  hosts  ;  but  arose  on  Tuesday  morning 
much  refi-eshed  by  their  rest.  The  following  order  was 
issued  by  Col.  Duryee  on  Tuesday  morning  : 

Sevexth  Regiment,  N^atioxal  Guard,  N.Y.S.M., 
ExciiAXGE  Hotel,  July  6,  1858. 
This  Regiment  is  hereby  ordered  to  parade  this  afternoon,  at  two 
o'clock  precisely,  in  full  uniform,  white  trowsers,  on  Capitol  Square, 
By  order  of  Col.  Duryee. 

Smith,  Acting  Adjutant, 

Nearly  prompt  to  the  appointed  time,  the  difterent 
companies  marched  from  their  respective  quarters  to  the 
grounds  on  Capitol  Square,  where  the  Richmond  military 
were  drawn  up  to  receive  them.  It  had  been  arranged 
that  they  should  be  reviewed  by  Governor  Wise,  and  the 
Richmond  brethren  in  arms  kindly  consented  to  act  as 
guard  in  clearing  the  requisite  sj^ace  for  the  evolutions. 
All  was  at  length  in  readiness,  and  after  sundry  counter- 
marching, deploying,  etc.,  the  different  companies  fell 
into  Hne  facing  the  north-east,  and  back  to  the  Capitol  in 
the  main  path.  At  the  word,  "  To  the  rear,  open  order, 
march,"  the  rear  line  moved  as  one  man  back,  and  a  fine 
quickstep  being  played  by  the  band,  the  Governor  was 
escorted  briskly  through  the  lines.  Col.  Duryee  then 
exercised  the  entire  Regiment,  without  music,  in  various 
battalion  movements,  including  Hardee's  flanks,  the 
"  right  about  face,"  and  others,  which  elicited  the  warm- 
est commendation  from  the  citizens  who  witnessed  them. 
There  was  a  large  crowd  of  spectators  in  the  park,  and 
not  a  few  ladies,  and  the  utmost  praise  was  awarded  to 
the  proficiency  of  the  men  in  marching  and  drill. 


166  REMOVAL    OF    THE    REMAIN'S 

RICHMOND    CHARACTERISTICS. 

Though  the  Virginians  extended  every  attention  to 
the  guests,  the  Seventh  were  strangers  in  a  strange  land, 
and  were  not  unfrequently  puzzled  and  astonished.  The 
darkies  were  particularly  noticed,  both  for  their  numbers, 
and  their  decorous  behavior.  They  exhibited  the  utmost 
alacrity  in  getting  out  of  the  path  of  all  white  people,  and 
laughed  and  joked  as  if  they  were  the  happiest  people  in 
the  world.  Then  the  money  bothered  the  Guards 
some,  and  the  disbursing  of  small  change  was  amusing. 
When  "  nine-pence  "  was  asked  for  a  mint-julep,  it  was 
thought  very  cheap,  until  on  giving  a  good  American 
quarter  only  ten  cents  was  given  in  change.  Then  four- 
pence  was  sixpence,  and  a  Spanish  quarter  only  ninepence, 
while  the  shopkeeper  loftily  disdained  to  hand  back  any 
change  under  five  cents.  It  was  found,  however,  that 
the  rule  would  work  both  ways,  and  that  ten  cents  was 
just  as  good  for  a  mint-julep  as  the  best  half  of  a  quarter. 

The  excellence  of  the  quarters  provided  for  the  Regi- 
ment was  a  subject  of  general  congratulation.  The  best 
hotels  in  the  place — Ballard's,  the  St.  Charles,  the  Pow- 
hatan, and  others — were  crowded.  Colonel  Duiyee  and 
staff  were  quartered  at  Ballard's,  an  immense  hotel,  on 
the  corner  of  Franklin  and  Fourteenth  streets,  connected 
with  the  Exchange,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  by 
a  bridge — both  houses  being  capable  of  accommodating 
eight  hundred  persons,  and  of  holding  fully  twelve  hun- 
dred. 

The  Virginians  were  assiduous  in  escorting  the  guests 
to  all  parts  of  the  city  and  suburbs,  which  the  limited 
time  would  allow,  and  fairly  fatigued  the  New-Yorkers 
with  attentions. 

THE    DEATH    OF    COUNCILMAN    JUDSON. 

Intelligence  being  received  at  Richmond  of  the  death 
of  Councilman  Judson,  of  Xew-York,  the  following  reso- 


OF    JAMES    MOXKOE.  1G7 

lutions  were  unanimously  adopted  by  the  Committee  of 
the  New- York  Common  Council  on  the  Monroe  obse- 
quies : 

Whereas,  in  tlie  prosecution  of  our  official  duties  at  Richmond,  in 
the  State  of  Virginia,  we,  a  Committee  of  the  Common  Council  of 
the  City  of  New- York,  charged  with  the  transmission  to  his  native 
State  of  the  remains  of  James  Monroe,  have  been  notified  of  the  de- 
cease of  our  late  associate,  Councilman  William  TV.  Judson ;  there- 
fore, 

Resolved,  That  we  here  appropriate  from  our  active  employment, 
a  brief  moment  for  the  expression  of  our  high  consideration  of  the 
virtues  of  our  departed  brother,  and  our  true  sympathy  with  his 
family  in  their  bereavement. 

Resolved,  That  these  proceedings  be  signed  by  the  Chairman  and 
Secretary  of  the  Committee,  and  a  copy  thereof  be  sent  to  the  widow 
of  the  deceased. 

T.  "W.  Adams,  Chairman. 

S.  A.  BuxcE,  Secretary. 

A    FRATERNAL    MEETING. 

It  being  understood  that  the  Seventh  would  be  obliged 
to  leave  Richmond  on  the  evening  of  Tuesday,  a  social 
glass  was  prepared,  to  which  the  officers  of  the  guests 
and  military  of  Richmond  were  invited.  After  consider- 
able social  enjoyment,  the  health  of  the  Seventh  Regiment 
was  proposed  by  one  of  the  Richmond  officers.  Col.  Dur- 
yee  being  absent,  Lieut.-Col.  Lefferts  responded.  He  said  : 

Many,  many  thanks,  brother  soldiers  of  Virginia,  for  your  frank 
and  cordial  greeting — ^thanks  for  your  ready  and  warm-hearted 
response  to  the  toast  of  the  Seventh  Regiment.  You  have  taken 
myself,  and  members  of  my  Regiment,  again  by  surprise  ;  but  I  be- 
lieve it  to  be  no  disgrace,  under  such  circumstances,  to  acknowledge 
both  the  surprise  and  defeat.  You  have  been  the  more  quiet,  that 
our  surprise  and  defeat  would  be  more  complete,  while  you  extended 
a  soldier's  hospitality — Virginia's  welcome.  Words  fail  me  to  ex- 
press adequately  the  satisfaction  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  with  their 
visit.  Since  I  have  had  the  honor  to  belong  to  the  corps,  I  have 
never  known  them  to  enjoy  a  similar  excursion  so  much  as  this.  "We 
have,  for  several  years,  looked  forward  to  a  visit  South,  but,  until 
now,  the  occasion  for  an  appropriate  expression  of  the  fraternal  feel- 


168 


ings  of  New- York  for  Virginia,  had  not  presented  itself.  In  the 
present  we  have  had  the  honor  of  bearing  to  your  soil  the  remains 
of  one  of  Virginia's  most  noble  sons. 

Twice,  I  am  proud  to  say,  the  National  Guard  have  stood  within 
the  shadow  of  Bunker  Hill ;  upon  the  last  occasion  to  do  honor  to 
the  memory  of  that  distinguished  patriot,  Maj.-Gen,  Joseph  Warren/ 
in  raising  to  his  fame  a  statue,  by  the  hands  and  love  of  Massa- 
chusetts. It  was  fitting  for  a  soldier  who  loves  his  country  and  his 
God,  to  bend  his  steps  also  southward,  bearing  within  his  arms  an 
offering,  for  another  sister  State.  And  we  have  performed  the  sacred 
trust,  brothers  of  Virginia,  and  laid  the  bones  of  one  of  the  great 
and  noble  sons  of  your  State  within  its  borders.  "We  leave  your  hos- 
pitable and  generous  city  for  the  grave  of  Washington — there  to  seek 
the  inspiration  of  that  glorious  spirit  which,  b}'  love,  fidelity,  cour- 
age, secures  the  homage  of  the  millions  yet  unborn.  Happy  Vir- 
ginia, were  your  history  naught  but  the  record  of  his  life,  it  would 
have  been  sufficient,  that  you,  of  all  others  of  this  mighty  confede- 
ration, gave  him  birth. 

Pardon  me  for  taking  up  more  than  my  share  of  time,  but  I  have 
felt  at  a  loss  how  we  could  express  our  thanks,  how  we  may  recipro- 
cate the  splendid  entertainments  you  have  given  us.  Yesterday,  in 
yonder  noble  halls,  the  tables  groaned  with  the  weight  of  your  gen- 
erous offerings.  Men  for  the  first  time  met — and  met  as  friends.  To 
quiet  the  noise  was  impossible,  even  had  I  had  the  heart  to  do  so. 
You  alone  were  to  blome,  for  you  at  once  made  our  men  feel  that 
they  were  at  home,  and  happ}'  in  the  Old  Dominion.  They  are  now 
incompetent  to  discharge  the  debt  of  gratitude.  They  can  never  re- 
turn the  hospitality.  (A  National  Guard  :  "  That's  so."  Cheers.) 
Yesterday  I  was  to  have  replied  to  a  regular  toast,  "  The  Volun- 
teers," etc.,  but  was  prevented:  Let  me  say,  in  conclusion,  that  we 
are  all  engaged  in  a  volunteer  cause,  a  volunteer  union.  (Cheers.) 
The  very  spirit  of  our  Institutions  rests  upon  the  voluntary  offerings 
of  each  and  every  individual  upon  the  altar  of  freedom.  As  to  our 
Volunteer  Militia,  no  comment  of  mine  is  needed.  The  hill-sides  and 
valleys  of  Virginia  are  familiar  with  the  tramp  of  the  men  of  the 
Revolution.  They  have  gilded  the  pages  of  our  history  by  their  acts 
of  fortitude,  courage,  and  virtue.  The  militia  of  to-day  stand  ready 
to  emulate  their  example.  (Cheers.)  National  Guard  :  I  give  you, 
our  friends,  the  "First  Regiment  of  Virginia  Volunteers."  (Re- 
ceived with  applause.) 

Colonel  Carey  of  Richmond,  responded,  and  said  they 


OF   JAMES   MOXKOE.  169 

had  received  the  National  Guards  of  New- York  as  bro- 
ther soldiers.  They  had  attempted  to  treat  them  as 
brothers,  because  they  had  always  stood  with  the  law  and 
order  party  of  the  Union.  They  knew  that  the  Rich- 
mond volunteers  would  never  forget  the  N^ational  Guards. 
(Cheers.)  He  entirely  dissented  from  the  Lieut.-Colonel, 
that  the  New-Yorkers  could  not  properly  reciprocate 
their  hospitality,  because  he  knew  that,  from  his  own 
knowledge  of  the  corps,  which  had  become  an  element 
in  the  history  of  the  country,  that  they  were  able  to  do 
well  any  thing  they  undertook,  and  always  their  duty. 
(Cheers.)  He  gave,  in  conclusion :  "  The  Seventh  Regi- 
ment of  the  New- York  State  Militia  —  the  National 
Guard,  the  first  corps,  of  the  first  city,  of  the  first  State, 
of  the  first  nation — always  known  to  the  country,  and  to- 
day endeared  to  Virginia."     (Prolonged  cheering.) 

Col.  Carey  also  proposed  the  "Army  of  the  United 
States,"  and  called  upon  Major  Anderson  to  respond,  but 
that  gentleman  had  sloped. 

Major  Wm.  Mumford,  of  Richmond,  was  now  loudly 
called  upon  to  speak,  who  said  that  he  Avas  in  no  condi- 
tion, after  a  ten  days'  visit  to  New^-York,  a  sea-voyage, 
with  no  sleep  and  no  rest,  to  make  a  speech.  He  re- 
counted the  civilities  w^hich  had  been  extended  to  him  at 
New-York,  and  expressed  the  highest  appreciation  of  her 
hospitality,  and  complimented  the  National  Guards.  In 
conclusion  he  gave  :  "  New- York  and  Virginia — they 
meet  together  at  the  foot."  Other  speeches  and  toasts 
followed  from  members  of  both  corps,  and  the  fraternal 
congratulations  were  kept  up  until  it  was  necessary  for 
the  New-Yorkers  to  "fall  in."  The  Richmonders  es- 
corted their  guests  to  the  Glen  Cove,  en  route  for  the 
steamer  Ericsson  bound  for  Washington,  Mount  Vernon, 
and  Baltimore. 


170  REMOVAL    qF    THE    REMAINS 


DEPARTURE   OF   THE    GUARD. 

At  about  half-past  six  o'clock  Tuesday  evening,  the  Na- 
tional Guard  assembled  on  the  Capitol  Square,  and  being 
formed  into  line,  was  reviewed  by  the  Governor  and  his 
aids  ;  after  which  they  went  through  a  number  of  exer- 
cises, disj^laying  that  exquisite  accuracy  of  movement 
which  had  excited  the  unbounded  admiration  of  the  citi- 
zens. The  evolutions  were  applauded  by  cheers  and 
clapping  of  hands  by  the  delighted  multitude  present. 
Tliese  concluded,  Col.  Duryee  took  a  parting  of  hands 
A\'ith  GoA'.  Wise  and  others,  both  officers  and  gentlemen 
present.  The  Colonel  called  out  nine  cheers  for  Virginia, 
which  were  given  with  great  enthusiasm  by  the  Guards. 
Lieut.-Col.  Cary,  commanding  the  First  Regiment,  gave 
the  cue  for  reciprocating  the  compliment,  and  some 
dozen  or  more  of  very  hearty  cheers  were  given  by  the 
Richmond  Volunteers,  most  lustily  backed  by  the  crowd 
of  sj^ectators.  The  Xew-York  soldiers  followed  with 
cheers  for  Gov.  Wise,  which  were  poured  out  at  the  top 
of  their  voices.  This  lively  scene  was  added  to  by  two 
national  airs  from  the  band  of  the  Seventh  Regiment. 

The  order  for  marching  was  then  given,  and  the  New- 
York  Regiment  filed  off,  escorted  hy  the  First  Regiment, 
and  took  up  the  line  of  march  for  Rocketts,  where  they 
were  to  embark  for  home.  As  they  left  the  Square,  fire- 
works were  let  off  from  near  the  monument.  In  the  route 
down  Main  street,  the  Guard  were  cheered  by  those  as- 
sembled on  the  sidewalks  and  crowding  the  windows. 
They  marched  with  the  same  steady  quick-step  that  they 
had  preserved  during  the  morning  drill.  The  weather 
was  highly  fiivorable,  but  they  had  had  two  days  of  sharp 
exercise,  and  their  bright  appearance  and  elastic  step  last 
evening,  showed  that  they  have  that  indispensable  quality 
of  the  soldier — capacity  to  bear  fiitigue. 


OF    JAMES    MOXKOE.  l7l 

At  clifierent  points  in  the  line  of  march  fire-works  were 
let  off. 

The  bright  blazes  of  these  explosives  and  combustibles, 
throwing  a  purple  light  on  the  troops,  had  a  beautiful 
and  striking  effect.  On  arriving  at  the  wharf,  cheer 
after  cheer  was  sent  up  by  the  Richmond  military  and 
the  spectators.  The  Guard  embarked  on  the  Glen  Cove, 
which  was  chartered  by  the  citizens  to  take  them  back 
to  the  Ericsson.  As  the  steamer  left  the  wharf,  the  Ar- 
tillery fired  a  parting  salute,  which  was  continued  until 
she  was  out  of  sight.  The  departing  guests  returned  it 
by  cheers  and  waving  of  hats  and  handkerchiefs.  Mayor 
Mayo  was  on  board  with  them,  and  accompanied  them 
to  Mount  Yernon. 


The  National  Guard  in  Kichmond— their  Movements  and  De- 
partxire— Effect  of  the  Visit  of  this  Gallant  Kegiment  to  the  City- 
Virginia  Volunteers— their  admiration  of  the  Id'ational  Guard, 
etc.,  etc. 

Richmond,  July  7,  1858. 
The  contrast  which  the  city  presents  to-day  in  its  dull, 
monotonous  aspect,  to  yesterday  and  the  day  before, 
when  all  was  animation  and  joy,  is  extremely  marked. 
To-day  in  truth  does  it  wear  the  aspect  of  mourning, 
though  not  decked  in  its  habiliments  as  upon  Monday. 
Then  there  was  but  the  superficial  symbol  of  that  condi- 
tion— there  being  nothing  in  the  mere  tinsel  of  the  cere- 
monial of  Monroe's  obsequies  to  beget  sorrow  ;  but  in  the 
sudden  transition  from  the  gay  and  enchanting  scenes  and 
joyous  inspiration  of  the  past  two  days  to  the  prevailing 
dullness  of  to-day,  there  is  an  influence  that  tends  mate- 
rially to  beget  sorrow  and  melancholy.  All  this  is  the 
result  of  the  pleasing  associations  and  incidents  which 
marked  the  stay  of  the  National  Guard  among  us,  and 
the  agreeable  recollections  of  these  events,  which  served 


172  REMOVAL    OF   THE  IlEMAINS 


by  contrast  to  render  the  previiiling  monotony  almost 
unendm*able. 

Many  aptly  apply  the  term  "  mourning  "  to  the  feel- 
ings of  our  people  since  the  departure  of  the  ]N"ational 
Guard,  for  their  regrets  actually  assume  that  character. 
Never  have  we  witnessed  so  warm  and  sincere  an  at- 
tachment as  that  which  seemed  to  animate  the  citizens 
with  reference  to  that  gallant  corps.  It  was  precisely 
such  as  would  be  supposed  to  exist  on  the  part  of  one 
brother  towards  another,  and,  as  Avas  natural  under  such 
circumstance,  their  feelings  of  sorrow  at  sej)aration  were 
in  the  same  ratio.  As  soldiers,  they  were  admired  be- 
yond conception ;  as  gentlemen,  they  commanded  the 
esteem  and  respect  of  every  one ;  while  in  their  social 
intercourse,  they  rendered  themselves  objects  of  love  and 
esteem.  So  intense  was  the  admiration  of  them,  that 
during  yesterday  they  were  sought  out  and  carried  in 
squads  by  many  of  the  citizens  to  their  private  residences, 
that  they  might  there  in  an  especial  manner  be  honored 
by  substantial  evidences  of  esteem  and  admiration.  When 
they  went  into  stores  to  purchase  any  articles  necessary 
for  immediate  use,  payment  w^as  refused,  and  many  of 
them  were  heard  to  remark  that,  though  two  days  in 
Richmond,  they  were  unable  to  spend  as  much  as  a  ten- 
cent  piece.  I  know  the  fact,  that  when  on  Monday  night, 
a  few  members  of  the  Regiment  went  to  bathe  in  the 
river,  they  were  followed  by  a  group  of  our  citizens  with 
a  view  to  preserve  them  from  accident.  In  short,  so  in- 
tense were  the  feelings  of  attachment  and  gratitude 
which  their  gentlemanly  deportment  and  patriotic  service 
produced,  that  every  citizen  of  Richmond  w^ould  have 
readily  risked  his  life  in  their  behalf. 

Preparatory  to  their  departure,  the  proprietor  of  the 
Exchange  Hotel  and  Ballard  House,  John  P.  Ballard, 
Esq.,  entertained  them  in  one  of  the  sj^acious  rooms  of 
that  establishment  to  a  farewell  drink.     The  scene  was  a 


OF    JAMES    MOXROE.  .  It^S 

pleasing  one.  The  interchange  of  kindly  feeling  between 
the  members  of  the  gallant  Seventh  and  many  of  the 
leading  citizens  who  were  present,  betokened  a  warmth 
of  gratitude,  friendship,  and  appreciation  on  both  sides, 
which  it  were  well  that  citizens  of  both  sections  would 
more  frequently  cultivate.  No  event  of  a  political  cha- 
racter, no  intercourse  even  of  a  commercial  nature,  how- 
ever intimate,  could  have  drawn  together  in  such  happy 
union  these  members  of  the  two  sections,  or  rdther  of 
New- York  and  Virginia,  or  could  tend  so  much  to  pro- 
duce agreeable  results  in  the  future,  as  will  the  associa- 
tions and  intercourses  of  the  past  two  days  between  the 
citizens  of  the  two  States.  So  strong  was  the  desire  on  the 
part  of  the  people  of  Richmond  to  honor  that  gallant  corps, 
that  many  of  them  suspended  business  even  on  yesterday 
to  have  a  feeble  opportunity  of  doing  so. 

At  half-past  six  o'clock  P.M.  on  the  6th,  the  companies 
formed  in  front  of  the  Exchange  Hotel,  and  after  giving 
nine  cheers  for  Mr.  Ballard,  t.he  proprietor,  and  a  short 
speech  from  Mr.  Ballard,  they  repaired  to  the  Capitol 
square,  and  then  formed  into  line  in  front  of  the  Gover- 
nor's mansion.  The  First  Regiment  of  Virginia  Volun- 
teers of  this  city  were  on  the  ground  to  escort  them, 
forming  a  line  of  a  convenient  distance  from  the  National 
Guard  to  prevent  the  large  crowd  present  from  infringing 
on  their  parade-ground.  The  Guard  having  formed  in 
double  file,  the  Governor,  accompanied  by  the  Mayor  of 
the  city,  members  of  the  City  Council,  the  Hon.  John 
Cochrane,  and  other  members  of  the  Escort  Committee 
from  New- York,  passed  in  review  in  front  of  each  line  of 
the  double  file,  the  beautiful  band  which  accompanied 
the  Regiment  meanwhile  playing  the  "  Star- Spangled 
Banner."  They  then  took  their  stand  immediately  in 
front  of  the  line,  to  witness  the  drill  and  parade,  in  both 
of  which  they  seemed  to  take  the  greatest  delightf. 
Many  present  who  witnessed  similar  displays  by  English 


174  EEMOVAL  (^  THE  REMAINS 

troops  in  Hyde  Park,  in  London,  and  elsewhere,  actually 
conceded  to  the  National  Guard  a  superiority  over  all. 
The  "  order  arms"  indicated  of  itself  a  perfection  in 
drill  that  would  have  done  honor  to  any  military  corps 
of  any  nation  on  earth.  The  sound  was  almost  a  unit — 
it  was  like  the  grounding  of  a  single  musket.  This  move- 
ment was  invariably  followed  by  the  clapping  of  hands 
and  loud  cheers  from  the  immense  multitude  all  round. 

At  th4  close  of  the  drill.  Colonel  Duryee  called  for  nine 
cheers  for  Virginia,  which  the  gallant  fellows  gave  with 
an  enthusiasm  which  betokened  the  warmth  of  their 
gratitude  and  appreciation  at  the  reception  which  they 
had  met  with  in  Virginia. 

Governor  Wise  then  addressed  them  in  a  few  brief  re- 
marks. 

At  half-past  seven  o'clock  the  Regiment  took  up  the 
line  of  march  for  the  boat  at  the  wharf  at  Rocketts,  pre- 
ceded by  our  Volunteer  Regiment.  On  their  way  through 
Main  street  they  were  warmly  cheered  by  the  immense 
crowds  that  lined  the  street  on  both  sides.  United 
States  flags  were  hoisted  at  difterent  points  along  the 
line  of  march  as  upon  their  entering  on  Monday ;  and 
rockets  were  sent  up  in  quick  succession,  forming  an  arch 
of  vivid  fire  over  their  heads.  In  short,  they  were  met 
at  every  point  along  the  route  with  every  mark  of  appre- 
ciation, every  token  of  gratitude  that  the  citizens  could 
confer. 

Arriving  at  the  wharf,  they  entered  the  steamer  Glen 
Cove,  chartered  by  the  City  Council  to  take  them  from 
the  Ericsson  to  this  city  and  back,  and  about  ten  o'clock 
P.M.  took  their  final  fiirewell  of  their  escort,  civil  and 
military,  whereupon  the  steamer  moved  off  amid  the 
roaring  of  cannon  from  the  Richmond  artillery. 

It  were  well,  indeed,  that  such  visits,  such  interchanges 
of  friendly  feelings  more  frequently  passed  between  the 
citizens  of  both  sections  of  the  Union.     The  salutary  in- 


OF  JAMES    MONROE.  175 

fluence  of  the  happy  intercourse  of  tlie  past  two  clays 
will  not  die  out  in  a  year  or  a  lifetime.  There  are  inci- 
dents and  associations  connected  with  this  visit  which 
will  never  be  forgotten  by  either  those  who  made  it  or 
those  who  have  been  honored  by  it.  With  the  peoj^le 
of  Virginia  the  honored  memories  of  the  Fourth  of  July 
will  be  still  more  enhanced  by  reason  of  the  joyous  and 
pleasing  associations  of  the  anniversary  just  celebrated  ; 
and  with  every  recurrence  of  the  day  will  come  to  every 
Virginia  mind  grateful  recollections  of  the  events  which 
have  just  closed.  Happy,  indeed,  that  it  is  so  ;  and  still 
happier  for  the  country  would  it  be  if  these  sentiments 
were  more  general. 

Our  Virginia  Volunteers  seemed  entranced  in  admira- 
tion at  the  grand  spectacle  which  they  had  the  good  for- 
tune to  enjoy  in  the  drill  and  parade  of  the  gallant  Na- 
tional Guard. 

ATTENTION  SHOWN  THE  KEGIMENT  AT  KICHMOND. 

The  unbounded  and  continuous  hospitality  of  the  Old 
Dominion  could  hardly  allow  the  Xew-Yorkers  time  to 
rest ;  and  from  the  first  moment  of  their  arrival  they 
were  feted  and  treated  and  greeted  in  every  imaginable 
manner  denoting  fraternal  feeling.  As  for  sleep  or  quiet, 
they  were  not  in  the  programme.  The  whole  town 
seemed  to  be  turned  into  a  vast  festive  hall,  and  Avhen- 
ever  the  uniform  of  the  Seventh  made  its  appearance,  it 
was  the  signal  for  a  cordial  welcome,  such  as  Virginia 
alone  could  extend.  The  New-Yorkers  were  fairly  taken 
by  storm,  and  fothomless  seemed  the  reservoir  of  good 
feeling  in  the  hearts  of  the  Virginians.  The  only  com- 
plaint was  of  an  excess  of  attention.  But  time  was  press- 
ing, and  other  engagements  compelled  the  termination 
of  the  pleasantest  visit  ever  enjoyed  by  the  Seventh 
Regiment. 

Just  previous  to   starting,  a  few  on  board  tlie  Glen 


176  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

Cove  noticed  a  little  tow-boat  and  barge  passing  down 
the  river,  but  thought  it  was  only  some  freighting  expe- 
dition, and  grumbled  lest  they  should  get  in  the  middle 
of  the  channel.  The  surprise  of  all  on  board  may  be 
imagined  when  the  Glen  Cove  was  hailed  by  this  barge 
a  few  miles  down  the  river,  and  the  Company  asked  to 
come  on  board  to  take  a  parting  drink  with  the  Rich- 
mond Grays,  Lieutenant  Boissieux,  who  had  contrived 
this  "  boarding  outrage"  as  the  climax  of  their  kindness. 
The  Glen  Cove  w^as  soon  hitched  to  the  Old  Dominion, 
for  that  was  the  appropriate  name  of  the  barge,  and  the 
two  companies  w^ere  soon  socially  engaged  on  all  parts 
of  the  boat.  This  last  evidence  of  good  feeling  fairly 
overcame  the  New-Yorkers,' and  they  vowed,  in  language 
more  strong  and  expressive  than  is  usually  used  in  divine 
service,  that  they  never  did  see  "  such  a  reception"  given 
to  any  body  any  where.  Nor  could  they  stop  even  here, 
for  after  the  last  man  had  taken  the  last  drink  and  shook 
hands  for  the  last  time,  and  the  cheering  had  at  last  been 
finished,  and,  as  was  supposed  by  many,  the  Virginians 
had  been  finally  bid  adieu,  it  was  found  that  they  had 
determined  to  be  represented  and  had  insisted  npon 
sending  Mayor  Mayo  and  Maj.  William  Mumford  to  see 
the  guests  safe  at  Washington  and  Mount  Vernon.  The 
New-Yorkers  now  gave  up  in  despair,  and  acknowledged 
that  though  they  had  heard  of  Virginia  hospittility,  they 
could  have  formed  no  idea  of  it  as  it  really  existed  to  this 
boundless  ext(?nt. 

ENGAGEMENT    ON   JAMES   EIVER. 

We  heard  a  good  deal  yesterday  in  regard  to  an  oc- 
currence on  James  River  the  night  before,  but  do  not 
apprehend  that  any  diplomacy  will  be  called  for  to  assist 
and  maintain  the  doctrine  that  the  American  flag  protects 
the  vessel  sailing  under  it.  Our  readers  have  already 
been  apprised  that  the  Richmond  Grays  chartered  the 


OF   JAMES   MONROE.  177 

steamer  Old  Dominion,  and  quietly  dropped  down  the 
river  on  Tuesday  night,  in  advance  of  the  !N  ew-York 
National  Guard.  It  appears  that  the  Old  Dominion, 
when  some  thirty  miles  below,  lay  to  and  awaited  the 
steamer  Glen  Cove,  which  soon  hove  in  sight,  with  the 
visiting  Regiment  on  board.  When  she  got  within  hail- 
ing distance,  the  Grays  fired  two  or  three  volleys  across 
her  bow,  and  ordered  her  to  heave  to.  The  command 
was  promptly  obeyed.  The  Old  Dominion  then  ran 
alongside,  and  the  boats  were  lashed  together.  When 
the  New-Yorkers  saw  the  Richmond  Company,  they 
were  filled  with  amazement,  having  had  no  previous 
warning  that  such  a  manoeuvre  had  been  executed,  and 
were  utterly  at  a  loss  to  comprehend  how  the  Grays 
managed  to  slip  away  and  get  down  the  river  aliead  of 
them.  The  Grays  at  once  gave  them  to  understand  that 
they  desired  an  "  engagement"  on  the  water,  having  had 
several  on  land ;  and  without  farther  parley,  the  "  Sev- 
enth" assented  to  the  request. 

In  a  short  time  the  decks  of  the  Old  Dominion  exhib- 
ited a  scene  of  excitement  almost  nnprecedented.  Cham- 
pagne bottles  kept  up  a  succession  of  sharp  reports,  and 
a  variety  of  fluids  and  solids  were  introduced  by  the 
Grays  to  render  their  victory  certain.  The  National 
Guard,  of  course,  knocked  under,  and  for  an  hour  or  two, 
all  was  hilarity  among  the  soldiers  of  the  North  and 
South.  The  Mayor  of  Richmond,  who  was  present,  in- 
sisted that  the  Old  Dominion  should  cut  loose  and  carry 
the  "  Seventh"  back  to  the  ©apital ;  but  Col.  Duryee 
contrived  a  counterplot,  and  not  only  succeeded  in  with- 
drawing his  own  men,  but  carried  the  Mayor  with  them. 

The  last  greetings  were  heartily  given,  cordial  wishes 
of  future  happiness  expressed  on  both  sides,  and  about 
twelve  o'clock  the  boats  parted  company.  The  Grays 
fired  three  volleys  at  parting,  the  "  Seventh"  responded 
with  cheers,  the  Glen  Cove  pursued  her  way  down  the 


1^8  REirOYAL    O:^   THE    REMAINS 

river,  and  the  Old  Dominion  returned  with  the  gallant 
Grays  (who  mustered  fifty-one  on  this  occasion)  to  Rich- 
mond. 


The  National  Guard  en  route  for  "Washington— The  Reason  why 
Gov.  "Wise  could  not  accompany  the  Guard— The  Regiment  ex- 
pected to  have  had  the  honor  of  his  Company  to  Mount  Vernon, 
he  having  received  a  cordial  invitation  to  that  effect. 

The  following  letter  of  the  Governor  to  Col.  Duryee, 
explains  the  cause  of  his  inability  to  accept  of  the  kind 
invitation  extended  to  hira  : 

Richmond,  Ya.,  July  6th,  1858. 
To  Col.  A.  Duryee,  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  of  jN^ew-Yokk  : 

Beak  Sir  :  It  would  give  me  the  most  cordial  pleasure  to  be  able 
to  accompany  you  and  your  whole  command  to  the  Tomb  of  Wash- 
ington with  my  whole  staff,  but  I  regret  that  duties  as  one  of  the  vis- 
itors of  the  venerable  William  and  Mary's  College,  of  a  character  of 
special  importance,  fixed  for  the  eighth  inst.,  will  deprive  me  of  that 
pleasure.  Nothing  will  ever  deprive  me,  sir,  of  the  gratification  I 
deeply  feel  in  the  visit  your  glorious  regiment  has  paid  to  Richmond. 
It  has  rekindled  patriotic  and  brotherly  feelings  around  the  sacred 
tomb  of  a  Revolutionary  father,  and  their  warmth  will  be  increased  to 
a  flame  when  you  have  touched  the  walls  of  the  altar  at  Mount  Yer- 
non.  With  grateful  acknowledgment,  and  the  profoundest  respect 
for  your  command,  I  am  very  truly  yours,  Henry  A.  Wise. 

CAMPING   ON   A   STEAMBOAT. 

The  scene  on  board  the  Glen  Cove  after  she  got  fairly 
under  way  was  most  amusing.  The  men  had  all  become 
excessively  fatigued  with  a  long  sea-voyage,  tedious  pa- 
rades, and  most  laborious,  social  enjoyment,  and  now  they 
were,  as  some  graj)hically  expressed  it,  "  pretty  well 
played  out."  There  was  a  prospect  of  a  five  hours'  sail 
down  to  the  Ericsson,  which  lay  some  distance  below 
City  Point,  and  there  was  hardly  *standing-room  for  the 
regiment,  after  stowing  the  baggage.  A  slight  collation 
was  served  in  the  cabin,  to  which  the  men  were  admitted 
in    companies,    and   then    the   fun    commenced.      Some 


OF    JAMES    MONEOE.  179 

wanted  to  sleep  ;  but  there  was  not  room  enough  on  the 
boat  for  all  to  lie  down  at  full  length,  nor  seats  enough  to 
seat  all.  Those  who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  secure  a 
resting-place  on  a  cushion  or  sofa,  or  even  on  the  carpeted 
floor  of  the  ladies'  saloon,  hung  to  them  like  grim  death. 
Picturesque  groups  lined  the  cabin  below,  stretched  on 
chairs,  tables,  sofas,  and  even  the  floor,  in  every  possible 
position.  They  were  piled  amid  the  baggage,  stretched 
along  the  stacks  of  guns,  in  the  boats,  and  wherever 
there  w^as  the  slightest  possibility  of  getting  a  moment's 
rest.  Those  who  could  get  no  such  place,  amused  them- 
selves by  gathering  in  a  crowd  in  the  after-gangways, 
cheering  every  body  and  every  thing.  They  cheered 
the  ofiicers,  the  privates,  the  reporters,  the  Virginians, 
the  steward,  the  light  burning  and  the  light  out.  Then 
they  sang,  as  tired  soldiers  can  only  sing ;  then  they 
cheered  in  w^hispers  for  fear  of  waking  up  the  sleepers  ; 
then  they  demanded  a  speech  from  every  passer-by,  and 
thus  the  night  passed  on  the  Glen  Cove,  the  men  lying 
about  loose  in  every  direction  with  the  most  perfect 
abandon. 

At  four  A.M.  on  Wednesday  the  Ericsson  was  descried, 
and  soon  the  bustle  of  beating  to  quarters,  and  doiming 
equipments  preparatory  to  disembarkation,  presented  a 
busy  scene.  The  Glen  Cove  was  soon  cleared,  and  with- 
out stopping  much  for  ceremony,  the  boys  distributed 
themselves  to  the  localities  which  they  had  respectively 
occupied  on  the  passage  down,  some  in  state-rooms,  others 
on  the  floor,  and  more  on  mattresses  on  the  upper  deck. 
That  some  sound  sleeping  w^as  done,  and  that  the  early 
breakfast  was  not  very  extensively  patronized,  may  be 
]-easonably  believed. 

At  about  ten  o'clock  Old  Point  Comfort,  or  Fort  Mon- 
roe, just  at  the  junction  of  James  River  with  the  Chesa- 
peake in  Norfolk  harbor,  hove  in  sight,  and  it  was  deter- 
mined to  give  it  a  salute.     Thirteen  guns  were  fired,  the 


180  REMOVAL  €F  THE  REMAINS 

men  went  to  quarters,  and  the  band  played  some  appropri- 
ate airs  as  the  Ericsson  passed  the  Point.  The  appearance 
of  the  men  at  this  time  was  most  strangely  in  contrast 
with  that  at  the  morning  or  evening  review  of  the  day 
previous.  Then,  as  trim  and  neat  as  ladies'  men — as  no  ' 
doubt  many  of  them  are — and  now  in  the  most  charmiug 
dishabille.  Here  a  dapper  Lilliput  fellow,  with  a  stout 
overcoat  and  thin  white  pants,  there  a  stout  standard- 
bearer  wdth  an  undress-jacket  and  gray  pants.  Others 
varied  the  costume  in  endless  ways,  by  making  selections 
from  the  whole  unilbrm — one,  in  despair  of  getting  any 
thing  novel,  borrowed  a  hat  and  shawl  from  the  cham- 
ber-woman, and  furnished  a  bustle  by  appropriating  a 
pillow.  Each  man  seemed  anxious  to  get  into  some  out- 
of-the-w^ay  place,  in  inverse  ratio  to  his  usual  desire 
to  be  in  just  the  exactly  right  place.  The  forcastle,  fore, 
top,  maintop,  rigging,  wheel-houses,  braces,  guards,  boats 
and  even  the  cook's  galley-pipe  contained  men  peering 
out  at  the  people  on  Old  Point  Comfort. 

About  the  only  drawback  w^as  the  inefficiency  of  the 
pilot,  who  more  than  once  run  the  vessel  aground.  The 
cargo  w^as  easily  shipped,  however,  and  the  boys  took  it 
all  in  good  part,  crying,  ''  Look  out  for  a  shij^wreck,"  and 
"  Get  out  your  life-j^reservers."  A  few  miles  up  the  Ches- 
apeake, however,  a  pilot  was  signalized  from  the  light- 
ship, and  taken  on  board,  to  the  great  relief  of  all. 

AMUSEMENTS   ON   THE   VOYAGE. 

It  may  be  imagined  that  live  hundred  Xew-York  boys 
would  not  be  collected  on  one  ship  without  having  some 
sport  on  the  tapis.  The  resources  for  amusement  were 
unlimited,  and  the  knots  of  jolly  companies  collected  in 
all  parts  of  the  ship  presented  a  most  picturesque  scene. 
Whist,  euchre,  draughts,  chess,  and  smoking  were  the 
most  popular.  In  the  afternoon,  when  the  sky  was  clear, 
w^ith  an  awning  stretoJied  over  the  quarter-deck  and  a 


OF   JAMES   MONROE.  181 

cool  breeze,  the  enjoyment  was  such  as  to  satisfy  the  most 
lasticlioiis.  The  mattresses  were  scattered  on  the  deck, 
and  the  men  lounged  about  in  the  height  of  luxury.  Oc- 
casionally, by  way  of  variety,  some  of  the  beds  and  pil- 
lows would  be  sent  flying  about  briskly,  to  the  no  little 
annoyance  of  the  more  quiet.  The  utmost  good  nature 
of  course  prevailed,  for  each  kn6w  that  if  he  exhibited 
the  slightest  disposition  to  be  cross  he  would  soon  get  the 
worst  of  it.  The  more  industrious  took  advantage  of  the 
leisure  to  clean  up  their  equipments,  while  others  seemed 
to  be  glad  to  seize  the  opportunity  to  sleep.  Occasion- 
ally the  band  would  give  some  of  their  choicest  selections, 
and  then  the  boys  would  get  together  and  have  a  song, 
perhaps  quite  as  sentimental  as  the  following : 

"  So  say  we  all  of  us, 

So  say  we  all  of  us. 

So  say  we  all. 

So  say  we  all." 

Then  the  decks  would  be  cleared,  and  with  the  excel- 
lent music  a  dance  would  be  started — the  ladies  distin- 
guishing themselves  by  turning  their  caps,  and  generally 
by  smoking  segars  and  very  long  strides.  It  was  pre- 
sumed that  there  was  an  officer  of  the  day  or  night,  and 
thirty-two  men  on  guard  all  the  time ;  but  their  duties 
were  by  no  means  fatiguing.  The  guard-house  was  held 
up  in  terror  to  all  those  disposed  to  be  extra  noisy,  but  it 
was  necessary  to  catch  the  culprit  first,  and  on  several 
occasions  this  proceeding  involved  a  chase  up  the  rigging 
and  all  over  the  ship,  not  always  resulting  successfully  to 
the  pursuer. 

A   COURT-MARTIAL  AT   SEA. 
On  Wednesday  evening  the  proceedings  were  varied  by 
the  summary  court-martial  of  one  of  the  drummers,  who 
was  arrested  and  taken  before  a  self  constituted  court- 
martial,  charged  with  a  most  henious  offiense.     A  mock 


182  REMOVAL    Cte^   THE    REMAINS 

judge  and  jury  were  chosen,  and  one  of  the  guard  was 
selected  to  act  as  public  prosecutor,  while  Mayor  Mayo, 
of  Richmond,  good-naturedly  consented  to  defend  the 
accused.  Evidence  was  not  wanting  on  both  sides,  and 
what  with  badgering  the  witnesses,  abusing  the  Court, 
technical  objections,  law  points,  contests  between  counsel, 
and  the  mock  verdict,  the  scene  was  much  like  some  of 
the  real  trials  which  take  place  in  real  courts  in  New- 
York,  with  the  exception,  perhaps,  that  it  was  conducted 
with  much  more  ability. 

AGROUND   AGAIN. 

At  half-past  eleven  on  Wednesday  evening,  all  hands 
were  astonished  to  jfind  that  the  ship  had  been  brought 
to  anchor  in  the  Potomac,  the  pilot  alleging  that  the  chan- 
nel was  too  narrow  to  proceed  in  the  night.  These  fre- 
quent detentions  interfered  greatly  with  the  arrangements 
by  their  unexpected  consumption  of  time,  and  necessi- 
tated the  abandonment  of  part  of  the  contemplated  visit. 
The  quiet,  however,  was  taken  advantage  of  to  procure 
sleep,  and  in  a  short  time  the  ship  presented  a  scene  of 
somnolence  worthy  the  pencil  of  an  artist,  for  the  variety 
of  costume  and  positions  of  the  men.  Early  Thursday 
morning  it  was  proposed  to  secure  the  anchor  and  pro- 
ceed up  to  Washington,  from  there  pay  a  visit  to  Mount 
Yernon,  and  thence  proceed  home.  The  general  chagrin 
may  be  imagined  when  it  was  found  just  after  daylight 
that  the  ship  had  run  aground  again.  There  was  no  al- 
ternative but  to  keep  in  good  humor,  and  the  boys  went 
to  work  with  a  will,  at  the  request  of  Captain  Lowber, 
to  get  the  ship  off.  The  small  boats  were  lowered  and 
loaded  with  a  heavy  anchor  attached  to  a  hawser.  They 
were  rowed  a  short  distance  from  the  ship,  and  an  attempt 
made  to  drop  the  anchor,  when  it  went  over  with  a  splash 
taking  one  of  the  boats  down  with  it  stern  foremost,  and 
tossing  the  men  out  as  from  an  upset  whale-boat.     For- 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  183 

tunately  no  one  was  injured,  and  the  anchor  taking  a  good 
hold,  the  men  grasped  the  hawser,  the  line  extending  the 
whole  length  of  the  ship,  and  commenced  pulling  like  old 
salts.  The  steamer  soon  began  to  move  slowly,  and  by 
keeping  the  rope  moving,  each  man  running  back  and 
taking  hold  again  when  he  had  reached  the  bows,  the 
ship  was  washed  off  the  shoal,  and  the  heavy  anchor  lifted 
by  main  force  out  of  the  water.  The  scene  was  laugha- 
ble in  the  extreme,  and  all  sorts  of  jokes  were  carried  on 
daring  the  operation.  Not  a  few  of  the  men  stri^^ped 
and  took  a  bath  in  the  Potomac,  the  vessel  being  several 
hours  on  the  rocks. 

The  following  order  was  issued  on  Thursday  morning  : 

Head-quakters,  Seventh  Regiment,  N.  Y. 

Troop  Ship  Ericsson, 
Potomac  River,  July  8,  1858 — 1i  A.M. 
The  Regiment  will  parade  on  the  arrival  of  the  small  steamer,  in 
full  uniform,  white  trowsers,  knapsacks,  with  gray  trowers,  fatigue- 
caps,  and  jackets  packed  therein,  to  proceed  to  Washington  city. 
By  order,  A.  Duryee,  Colonel. 

Smith,  Acting  Adjutant. 

As  the  ship  was  yet  aground,  some  surprise  was  man- 
ifested ;  but  it  was  soon  made  known  that  a  propeller  had 
come  alongside  and  taken  off  the  Quarter-master  and  his 
assistants,  for  the  purpose  of  going  to  ^Yashington  and 
chartering  a  steamer.  Various  efforts  were  made  to  get 
the  ship  off  the  rock  in  the  mean  time. 

COURT-MARTIALING   THE   PILOT. 

Though  the  indignation  at  the  incompetency  of  the  pilot 
was  universal,  it  manifested  itself  good  nataredly,  and  it 
was  determined,  by  way  of  vent  for  this  feeling,  as  well 
as  for  the  amusement  of  the  Company,  to  try  the  delin- 
quent by  a  court-martial.  The  court  was  constituted  as 
follows  1 


•  1 84  REMOVAL  K)F   THE   REMAINS 

Supreme  Court — Steamer  Ericsson. 

Before  Judge  Wm.  Halsted. 

July  8, 1858. 

The  peoj^le  against  John  Doe,  the  pilot  of  the  Ericsson,  for  running 
tlie  boat  ashore.  Maj'or  Maj'o,  of  Richmond,  for  the  prosecution,, 
and  Messrs.  Charles  Babcock  and  F.  W.  King,  for  the  defense. 

The  court  was  held  on  the  quarter-deck,  the  judge  being  seated  on 
the  wheel-house,  with  a  black  coat  on,  turned  back  foremost,  with 
Col.  Duryee's  eye-glasses.  One  of  the  Guard  officiated  as  policeman, 
to  keep  the  crowd  in  order,  and  Messrs.  E.  Jenkins  and  J.  "VV.  Shep- 
pard  acted  as  court-clerks.  The  prisoner  was  excused  from  attend- 
ance on  account  of  pressing  duties.  Some  person  was  found  tam- 
pering with  the  jur}",  and  it  was  proposed  to  call  out  the  Seventh 
Regiment  to  "preserve  order.  One  of  the  jurors  objected  to  serve,  as 
he  had  formed  an  opinion,  but  he  was  pressed  in  the  service.  An- 
other juror  was  discovered  taking  a  bribe,  but  the  court  held  that 
the  offense  was  too  common  to  disqualify  him. 

The  jury  were  then  sworn  to  "tell  the  truth,  so  help  them  Bob," 
but  on  the  suggestion  of  the  court  that  they  were  not  to  testify,  they 
were  sworn  to  hear,  if  they  could. 

Mayor  Mayo  then  opened  the  case  for  the  prosecution,  stating 
briefly  the  accusation,  that  the  pilot  had  put  the  ship  on  a  rock  in- 
stead of  Washington  harbor,  and  that  he  had  willfully,  falsely,  and 
fraudulently  represented  himself  to  be  a  pilot.  He  recommended 
the  confiscation  of  the  pilot's  boat,  and  that  he  be  tied  to  the  end  of 
a  line  to  serve  as  a  sounding-lead. 

Corporal  Ware  was  the  first  witness,  and  swore  he  did  not  know 
any  thing  about  the  case ;  and  on  cross-examination  expressed  his 
doubts  as  to  whether  he  was  on  the  Ericsson  or  not. 

Mr.  Brumly  was  the  next  witness,  and  testified  that  he  heard  the 
pilot  tell  the  captain  that  he  knew  the  channel,  and  could  take  the 
ship  up.  His  evidence  was,  however,  objected  to  on  account  of  his 
head  being  shaved,  and  also  because  he  acknowledged  having  been 
fed  on  ham. 

Mr.  King  opened  the  case  for  the  prosecution,  and  moved  to  dis- 
miss the  indictment,  on  the  ground  that  the  offense  was  not  a  crimi- 
nal one,  but  was  the  subject  of  a  civil  suit;  also  that  there  was  no 
evidence  that  the  ship  had  been  run  on  the  bar,  or  that  the  pilot 
would  not  have  kept  the  bargain  if  they  had  given  him  time. 

Sergeant  Dyer  and  Col.  Lefferts  were  then  examined  as  to  their 
knowledge  of  the  case,  but  nothing  material  was  elicited  except  the 


OF   JAMES    MOXROE.  185 

fact  that  the  officers,  as  well  as  the  men,  had  been  fed  on  ham,  which 
was  considered  a  strong  point  for  the  defense. 

Sergeant  Jenkins  testified  that  the  cook  was  responsible  for  the 
mishap,  the  ship  having  run  on  a  lager-bier  bar  while  he  was  feeding 
the  dog.  He  had  been  fed  on  pilot  biscuit,  and  felt  capable  of  speak- 
ing as  to  all  marine  matters. 

Mayor  Mayo  and  Mr.  Babcock  summed  up  respectively  for  the 
prosecution  and  defense,  making  some  very  strong  points.  After 
which  Judge  Halstead  delivered  a  charge,  which  was  universally 
applauded  for  the  perspicuity  of  its  legal  knowledge. 

The  jury  brought  in  a  verdict  of  guilty,  with  a  recommendation 
to  mercy,  in  consideration  of  which  one  of  the  privates  was  sen- 
tenced instead  of  the  pilot,  because  he  had  no  coat.  The  sentence 
was,  that  he  should  wait  until  a  collection  could  be  taken  up  to  get 
liim  a  new  coat. 

PREPAKATIONS  FOR  THE  RECEPTION  AT  WTASH- 
INGTON. 

The  city  was  in  a  fever  of  excitemont  all  day  yester- 
day in  anticipation  of  the  arrival  of  the  popular  Seventh 
Regiment  of  New- York.  There  was  little  else  talked 
about  at  breakfast,  and  we  feel  confident  that  half  the  city 
had  prepared  themselves  for  a  military  display  far  supe- 
rior to  any  thing  witnessed  in  the  metropolitan  city. 

At  an  early  hour  the  District  Regiment  of  volunteers, 
under  the  command  of  Colonel  Hickey  and  his  staff, 
marched  to  the  Arsenal — the  point  at  which  the  recep- 
tion was  to  take  place.  As  usual,  they  were  accompanied 
by  a  regiment  in  variegated  uniforms,  flir  exceeding  them 
in  numbers,  and  possessed  of  an  energy  and  perseverance, 
under  all  the  untoward  circumstances  by  which  they 
were  surrounded,  which  assured  us  the  expected  guests 
would  receive  from  them,  at  least,  an  enthusiastic  recep- 
tion. But,  alas !  at  the  Arsenal  gate  they  discovered 
another  and  an  unforeseen  obstacle  to  their  entrance 
to  the  Arsenal  grounds  besides  the  patched  and  crum- 
bling Penitentiary  building,  for  the  gate  .was  closed  to 
them,  and   the    sentinel    on    dutv   informed    them   that 


1 86  REMOVAL  H:)F    THE    REMAINS 

his  orders  were  to  admit  none  but  the  Yohmteers. 
But  there  was  a  remedy  which  some  of  them  took  ad- 
vantage of,  for  we  perceived  their  singular  dress  and 
broken  columns  scattered  all  over  the  grounds  so  soon  as 
we  had  passed  the  point  of  difficulty.  VTe  found,  on  inqui- 
ry, that  this  consisted  simply  in  a  scramble  over  a  portion  of 
the  brick  wall,  a  feat  which  was  easily  accomplished,  since 
they  were  nnencumbered  with  that  essential  part  of  the 
equipment  of  effective  soldiers — the  mnsket.  The  com- 
pany, however,  was  not  a  large  one,  and  upon  the  whole 
was  quite  as  select  as  the  promenade  concerts  at  the  Cap- 
itol grounds. 

The  military  remained  under  arms  but  a  few  moments 
after  entering  the  cool  shade  of  the  Arsenal  grounds.  Col. 
Hickey  having  considerately  given  orders  for  them  to 
break  ranks.  Grouj^s  of  officers  and  men  were  immedi- 
ately formed,  and  the  time  was  spent  in  pleasant  and 
amusing  gossip,  interruj)ted  occasionally  by  an  anxious 
gaze  far  down  the  Potomac. 

We  ascertained,  upon  inquiry,  that  the  Light  Infantry, 
Lieutenant  Tucker  in  command,  mustered  tAventy-three 
men  ;  the  Highlanders,  Captain  Watt,  twelve  men ;  the 
L^nion  Guards,  Lieutenant  Donnelly  in  command,  twenty 
men ;  the  Montgomery  Guards,  Lieutenant  Kelcher  in 
command,  twenty-six  men ;  the  President's  Mounted 
Guard,  Lieutenant  Teel  in  command,  sixteen  men ;  the 
German  Yeagers,  Lieutenant  Veitze  in  command,  twen- 
ty-two men ;  a  detachment  of  United  States  Marines,  in 
command  of  Sergeant-Major  Robinson  and  Lieutenant 
Wilson,  numbering  forty-three  men,  and  the  superb  Ma- 
rine band.  The  regimental  officers  on  the  ground  con- 
sisted of  Colonel  Hickey,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Bacon,  Ma- 
jor Peck,  Adjutant  Henry  X.  Ober,  and  others.  A  corps 
of  ordnance  was  also  in  attendance,  and  the  battery  used 
by  Colonel  Duncan  in  the  Mexican  war  was  placed  on  the 
river-bank  readv  for  the  firino^  of  the  salute. 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  187 

This  was  certainly  not  a  very  formidable  array,  but 
what  it  lacked  in  numbers  it  made  up  in  public  spirit.  It 
was  a  source  of  no  little  annoyance,  not  only  to  the  offi- 
cers but  the  men,  that  so  smalls  portion  of  the  regiment 
had  responded  to  the  call  of  Colonel  Hickey. 

As  time  wore  on,  and  the  hour  for  dinner  approached, 
the  general  disappointment  found  vent  in  words,  and 
many  a  sturdy  fellow,  wha  had  started  out  strong  in  en- 
durance, acknowledged  himself  faint  and  hungry.  At 
last  the  reveille  beat,  the  men  were  formed  in  line,  and 
refreshments  were  served  up  to  them.  This  consisted  of 
two  biscuits,  a  piece  of  cheese,  a  Scotch  herring,  and  a 
glass  of  water  to  each  man.  To  the  comfortable  dinners 
in  Washington  this  bill  of  fare  no  doubt  will  appear  in- 
significant, but  we  must  remind  them  that  they  were  far 
from  home  on  military  duty,  and  had  to  put  up  with  what 
could  be  got  for  them.  As  for  ourself,  we  gratefully  par- 
took of  a  "horse-cake  "  and  a  glass  of  "  lager." 

After  the  arrival  of  the  mail-boat  from  Aquia  creek, 
every  body  felt  certain  that  definite  information  would  be 
obtained,  and  in  a  moment  a  hundred  rumors  were  afloat. 
At  last  the  reveille  again  summoned  the  tired  men  to  their 
posts,  the  line  was  once  more  formed,  and  the  tired  sol- 
diers marched  to  their  homes.  We  then  learned  that 
Quarter-master  Winchester,  of  the  New- York  Regiment, 
had  come  up  in  the  boat,  and  that  the  gallant  Seventh 
could  not  possibly  arrive  before  a  late  hour  to-night.  It 
is  said  that  the  Ericsson  is  aground  at  Kettle  Bottom. 
The  Collyer  is  already  with  her,  and  we  understand  that 
another  steamer  left  last  evening  to  join  them.  The  Regi- 
ment will  be  brought  to  the  city  in  these  steamers,  and 
when  they  arrive,  will  be  quietly  conducted  to  the  quar- 
ters prepared  for  them  at  the  Xational  Hotel.  The  offi- 
cers of  the  District  Regiment  will  call  upon  them  this 
morning  at  nine  o'clock. 

Arranorements  have  been  made  bv  a  Committee  of  our 


188  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

citizens  for  meeting  the  Seventh  Regiment  at  Mount  Ver- 
non,  and  escorting  them  in  a  proj^er  manner  to  this  city. 
A  steamer  will  leave  the  wharf  at  the  foot  of  Sixth  street 
for  this  purpose  at  seven  o'clock  this  morning.  Upon, 
their  arrival  here  they  will  be  received  with  military  ho- 
nors by  the  military  of  the  District,  and  conducted  to  the 
quarters  prepared  for  them.  After  a  brief  rest,  there 
will  be  a  dress  parade,  and  it  is  exj^ected  that  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  will  review  this  finely-drilled 
Company.  We  give  place  to  the  following  letter  from 
one  of  the  visitors,  which  has  just  been  handed  to  us : 

Steamer  Mount  Vernon,  July  Y,  1858. 
Among  the  guests  who  accompanied  the  remains  of  President 
Monroe  that  came  by  the  Mount  Vernon  to-day,  and  will  remain  at 
the  National  during  their  stay,  we  have  the  Hon.  John  Cochrane,  the 
orator  of  the  day  ;  Mr.  S.  L.  Gouverneur ;  Aldermen,  Messrs.  Adams, 
Murray,  Tuomey,  Lynes  and  Owens ;  Councilmen,  Messrs.  Cornell, 
Bickford,  Van  Tyne,  Bunce,  and  Frazer ;  Mr.  Gallagher,  sergeant-at- 
arms,  and  Mr.  Wilson,  undertaker.  Mr.  Robinson,  President  of  the 
Richmond  Railroad,  kindly  sent  the  steamer  Thomas  Collyer  for  the 
delegation  to  Mount  Vernon,  where  Mr.  Washington  received  us 
with  distinguished  attention,  giving  us  many  interesting  details  con- 
nected with  the  life  of  Gen.  Washington,  and  extending  the  kind 
hospitalities  of  the  mansion  to  us.  Captain  Reynolds,  of  the  Mount 
Vernon,  gave  a  fine  dinner,  contributing  to  the  pleasure  of  our  trip, 
and  rendering  the  hours  passed  with  him  one  of  the  most  agreeable 
incidents  on  the  route.  The  steamer  Ericsson  will  arrive  at  Wash- 
ington in  the  morning  with  the  Seventh  Regiment.  After  sojourning 
at  Mount  Vernon  an  hour  or  so,  they  will  honor  Washington  with  a 
visit,  then  to  Baltimore  and  home.  They  have  met  with  the  distin- 
guished reception  which  they  so  richly  deserve,  being  the  best- 
drilled  corps  in  out  country. 


OF   JAMES   MOXEOE.  189 

Disembarkation  from  the  Ericsson— Going  on  board  the  Steam- 
boat Mount  Vernon— Reaching  "Washington- Kegimental  order 
—Review  of  the  Regiment  by  the  President  and  Cabinet— Visit 
to  the  Tomb  of  Washington— Description  of  Mount  Vernon— 
Ceremonies  at  the  Tomb— Address  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  "Weston,  the 
Chaplain— Memento  of  Mount  Vernon— More  Hospitality— Pur- 
suit of  Pleasure  under  Diflaculties— March  through  Baltimore- 
Reception  in  Philadelphia— En  route  for  Home. 

"  It  is  a  long  lane  that  has  no  turnmg,"  and  after  lying 
for  twelve  hours  stranded  in  the  Kettle  Bottoms  of  the 
Potomac,  those  on  board  the  Ericsson  were  overjoyed  on 
Thursday  afternoon  to  descry  a  small  steamer  bearing 
down  upon  them,  which  proved  to  be  the  Thomas  Collyer, 
an  old  New- York  boat,  commanded  by  Capt.  Baker,  and 
containing  a  party  of  gentlemen  from  Washington,  who, 
not  finding  the  Ericsson  at  the  appointed  rendezvous,  had 
run  down  to  meet  her.  She  conveyed  the  intelligence 
that  Quarter-master  Winchester  had  secured  the  steamer 
Mount  Vernon  to  take  the  Regiment  up  ;  and  in  order  to 
expedite  movements,  Mr.  Richard  Wallach,  the  owner, 
kindly  consented  to  take  up  three  companies  on  the 
Collyer.  These  were  accordingly  embarked,  and  quar- 
tered at  the  National.  The  Mount  Yernon  reached  the 
Ericsson,  and  was  ready  to  start  by  twelve  o'clock  P.M. 
of  the  same  evening,  which  she  finally  did,  after  making 
an  ineffectual  attempt  to  get  the  Ericsson  off,  landing  the 
balance  of  the  Regiment  in  Washington  on  Friday  morn- 
ing, the  9th  July.  It  was  found  that  the  Ericsson  was 
stranded  on  an  oyster-reef,  and  hanging  just  forward  of 
midship,  her  bow  being  several  feet  out  of  water  at  low 
tide. 

The  detention  was  a  source  of  great  annoyance  to  the 
citizens  and  military  of  Washington,  who  had  made  com- 
paratively extensive  preparations  for  the  reception — the 
Light  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Tucker;  Highlanders,  Capt. 
Watt ;  Union  Guards,  Lieutenant  Donelly  ;  Montgomery 
Guard,  Lieutenant  Kelcher  ;  President's  Mounted  Guard, 
Lieutenant  Teel ;  German  Yeagers,  Lieutenant  Veitze, 


190  KEMOVAL   OF    THE    REMAINS 

and  a  detachment  of  United  States  Marines,  under  Ser- 
geant-Major  Robinson.  The  following  were  regimental 
officers : 

Colonel  Hickey,  Lieut.-Colonel  Bacon, 

Major  Peck,  Adj.  Henry  N.  Ober. 

Though  the  whole  force  numbered  but  one  hundred  and 
seventy  men,  it  evinced  a  disposition  to  be  hospitable, 
and  certainly  the  most  general  disappointment  was  mani- 
fested at  the  non-appearance  of  the  IS^ew-Yorkers,  and 
the  necessity  for  disbanding  the  forces  on  the  receipt  of 
the  intelligence  from  the  Ericsson. 

As  soon  as  the  Seventh  had  washed  the  dust  from  their 
eyes  and  throats,  a  general  rush  was  made  for  the  New- 
York  papers,  and  none  of  the  New-York  guests  stopiDing 
at  the  hotels  were  released  until  they  disgorged  all  the 
newspapers  in  their  possession,  being  the  first  that  had 
been  seen  by  the  Regiment  since  the  3d  of  July.  A  noti- 
fication was  sent  to  President  Buchanan  that  the  Regi- 
ment wished  to  be  reviewed  by  him,  and  he  immediately 
sent  verbal  reply  that  he  would  be  not  only  wilUng  but 
happy  to  review  the  Seventh,  and  would  consider  himself 
honored  by  the  visit.  Arrangements  were  accordingly 
made  for  the  parade,  and  the  following  order  was  issued  : 

Head-quarters  Seventh  Regiment,  ) 
Washington,  July  9,  1858.  j 

The  Regiment  will  parade  this  day  for  review  by  his  Excellency 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  in  full  uniform,  white  pants, 
without  knapsacks.  Regimental  line  will  be  formed  in  front  of  the 
City  Hall  at  eleven  o'clock  A,M.  The  companies  will  report  to  the 
Adjutant  in  front  of  the  National  Hotel,  at  a  quarter  before  eleven 
o'clock,  for  equalization.  This  Regiment  will  also  parade  this  day  in 
full  uniform,  white  trowsers,  without  knapsacks,  with  the  side  arms 
only,  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  Mount  Vernon.  Regimental  line 
will  be  formed  in  front  of  the  ]S"ational  Hotel,  at  half-past  two 
o'clock.  By  order,  A.  Duryee,  Colonel. 

Lebenau,  Adjutant. 


OF   JAMES    MONKOE.  191 

The  members  of  the  Seventh  were  thus  released  be- 
tween breakfast-time  and  the  hour  of  parade,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  visiting  the  interesting  points  in  the  city,  of  which 
opportunity  they  availed  themselves  to  the  fullest  extent. 
Some  explored  the  Capitol  grounds  and  buildings,  ram- 
bling through  the  labyrinthian  passages  of  the  new  exten- 
sions, peering  into  the  offices,  occupying  the  members 
and  speaker's  seats  in  the  new  House  of  Rej^resentatives, 
admiring  some  of  the  paintings  in  the  rotunda,  criticising 
the  frescoes  and  ornamentation  of  the  new  buildings, 
climbing  to  the  top  of  the  cupola,  (to  the  great  strain  of 
their  calves,)  inspecting  the  massive  construction  of  the 
new  dome,  and  behaving  altogether  like  good  republicans 
very  much  at  home.  A  few  strolled  into  the  Patent, 
Treasury,  Interior,  State,  and  other  departments,  taking 
a  peep  at  the  Cabinet.  Many  found  their  way  to  the 
office  of  the  Master  of  the  Rolls,  W.  W.  E.  Rose,  an  old 
New-Yorker,  who  politely  exhibited  the  various  objects 
of  interest  in  his  department.  Among  these  were  the 
original  draft  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  the  en- 
grossed copy  of  the  Constitution,  the  papers  found  in  the 
possession  of  Andre,  the  proceedings  of  the  court-mar- 
tial, and  his  touching  letter  praying  that  he  might  not  die 
upon  the  gibbet ;  the  minutes  of  the  Constitutional  Con- 
vention, and  various  other  objects  of  intense  interest  to 
the  scholar  and  patriot,  or  historian.  Not  a  few  called 
upon  Gen.  Cass,  and  found  him  as  pleasant  and  sociable 
as  he  has  the  universal  credit  of  being,  rendered,  proba- 
bly, additionally  interesting  from  the  favorable  termina- 
tion of  the  great  British  outrage  question.  Gen.  Cass 
looked  hale  and  hearty  enough  to  give  many  more  re- 
buffs to  British  aggressions. 

The  uniforms  of  the  Seventh  could  be  distinguished  in 
all  parts  of  the  city.  On  foot  or  in  carriages  they  Avere 
determined  to  make  the  most  of  their  few  hours'  leisure  : 
and  they  did  so  most  effectually.     To  be  sure  they  were 


192  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

not  very  partial  to  the  swarms  of  flics,  or  the  clouds  of 
dust,  or  the  long  "walks  which  it  required  to  get  from  one 
point  of  interest  to  another  ;  but  by  dint  of  perseverance 
and  mint-juleps,  they  did  a  great  deal  of  exploration  in  a 
very  short  time. 

In  the  midst  of  the  general  enjo}Tnent,  a  general  sad- 
ness prevailed,  when  it  was  announced  that  the  body  of 
a  member  of  the  National  Guard  had  been  found  floating 
in  the  river  at  Richmond  ;  then  another  dispatch  was  re- 
ceived, statino^that  the  name  of  the  member  was  Laurens 
Hamilton,  of  the  Sixth  Company ;  and  another  stating 
that  the  remains  would  be  taken  to  New- York  for  inter- 
ment, escorted  by  a  Richmond  company.  Mr.  Hamilton 
had  been  missed  after  leaving  Richmond,  but  it  was  sup- 
posed that  in  the  hurry  he  had  been  left  behind.  He 
had  been  brought  on  board  sick,  but  had  so  far  recovered 
as  to  be  able  to  walk  about.  He  may  have  become  de- 
ranged, and  walked  overboard,  or  been  pushed  ofi*  in  the 
bustle.  He  was  a  grandson  of  Alexander  Hamilton,  a 
second  cousin  of  Hon.  John  Cochrane,  and  was  a  great 
favorite  in  his  Company.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Columbia 
College. 

THE   KEVIEW   BY    THE    PRESIDENT   AND   CABINET. 

The  announcement  that  the  regimental  line  would  be 
formed  in  front  of  the  City  Hall,  drew  an  immense  con- 
course of  spectators  at  that  point,  to  witness  the  forma- 
tion of  the  line — a  novel  spectacle  for  the  citizens  of 
Washington.  In  spite  of  the  broiling  sun,  the  City  Hall 
steps,  the  sidewalks,  and  surrounding  buildings  were 
crowded  with  spectators,  while  the  avenues  thither 
S'varmed  with  the  citizens  eager  to  obtain  a  view  of  the 
visitors.  As  the  companies  marched  to  the  gi'ound  fi*om 
their  various  quarters,  they  were  universally  admired. 
Though  the  Washington  military  did  not  parade,  owing 
to  the  fatigue  of  the  previous  day,  and  the  imcertainty  of 


OF    JAMEti    MONKOE.  193 

the  arrival  of  the  guests,  they  were  represented  by  the 
captains  of  the  diflferent  companies,  and  Colonel  Hickey, 
Lieut.-Colonel  Bacon,  Major  Peck,  and  other  regimental 
officers.  The  line  was  soon  formed,  and  after  a  few  ex- 
orcises of  the  manual,  which  drew  applause  from  the  usu- 
ally quiet  Washingtonians,  the  line  of  march  was  taken 
np  for  the  President's  mansion,  via  Pennsylvania  avenue. 
The  crowd  was  dense,  and  in  some  cases  interfered 
Avith  the  movements  of  the  Regiment ;  but  as  the  curi- 
osity was  complimentary,  and  the  Washington  police 
could  not  be  expected  to  have  much  experience  in  such 
matters,  the  inconvenience  had  to  be  borne  patiently.  It 
being  midday,  the  heat  was  almost  insufferable,  and 
when  the  men  arrived  in  front  of  the  President's  man- 
sion, they  seemed  ready  to  drop.  The  absence  of  any 
police  arrangements  rendered  it  necessary  to  mount  a 
guard  from  their  own  number,  however  unpleasant  might 
be  the  duty.  The  line  w^as  soon  prepared  for  review,  and 
after  the  Washington  officers  had  taken  a  position  in 
front,  on  the  sidewalk,  a  general  stir  announced  that  the 
President  was  coming,  and  soon  he  was  seen  heading  the 
Cabinet  and  invited  guests  of  distinction  with  stately 
step,  making  his  way  to  the  point  fronting  the  centre  of 
the  line,  assigned  him  for  the  review.  He  was  the  picture 
of  a  democratic  President,  and  was  attired  in  a  pair  of 
thin  light-blue  pants,  white  vest,  black  frock-coat,  light 
cravat,  and  black  beaver  hat.  As  he  took  up  his  position, 
the  order  to  "  present  arms  "  was  given,  and  the  Presi- 
sident  was  received  w4th  the  honors  due  his  position, 
being  three  rolls  of  the  drum,  and  flourishes' of  trumpets, 
the  Colonel  and  other  officers  saluting.  The  Regiment 
was  then  arrayed  "  to  the  rear  open  order,"  and  the  Pre- 
sident passed  down  and  up  the  line  on  a  tour  of  inspec- 
tion, accompanied  by  the  Secretaries  of  State,  Trensury, 
War,  Navy,  and  Interior,  the  Postmaster-General,  and 
Attorney  General,  miUtaiy  officers  of  the  State,  Mayor 


194  EKMOVAL    ©F   THE    REMAINS 

Townsend,  Acting  Adjutant-General,  Gen.  Ward  B.  Bur- 
nett, and  others.  The  National  Guard  band  played 
"  Hail  to  the  Chief"  during  the  route,  so  that  the  Presi- 
dent made  the  circuit  in  quick  time.  His  stately  form, 
at  the  head  of  the  company,  as  he  stepped  accurately  to 
the  music  as  a  veteran  soldier,  could  be  easily  distinguish- 
ed. He  was  offered  an  umbrella  to  shield  him  from  the 
sun,  but,  like  a  true  soldier,  he  declined.  The  column 
was  formed  by  companies,  twenty-two  front,  on  the  re- 
turn of  the  inspection  party,  and  passed  in  review  at  com- 
mon time,  returning  four  abreast,  and  repassing  by  com- 
panies at  quick  time.  When  Colonel  Duryee  gave  tbe 
order,  "  Battalion — halt !"  the  promptness  with  which 
the  order  was  obeyed,  elicited  a  general  hum  of  astonish- 
ment, and,  as  at  the  order  "  front,"  the  line  became  as 
straight  as  a  die,  the  applause  increased  to  the  cheering 
point ;  but,  as  at  the  order  "  order  arms,"  the  mukets 
came  down  with  one  thump,  a  general  amazement  was 
evinced,  which,  in  numerous  instances  near  the  writer, 
manifested  itself  by  muttered  exclamations  between  the 
set  teeth,  often  profane,  but  always  expressive.  Much 
amusement  was  created,  as  at  the  order  to  "  right  about 
face — march,"  the  whole  line  scattered  the  crowd  between 
them  and  the  fence,  and  j^i'essed  many  close  to  the  rail- 
ings until  the  moment  of  the  order  to  "  halt."  It  was 
generally  considered  but  a  fair  balance  to  the  incommo- 
dious arrangements  for  the  review,  or  the  absence  of  any 
arrangements,  on  accoimt  of  which  the  most  ragged  re- 
publicans flocked  in  large  numbers  to  the  vicinity  of  the 
President  and  other  distinguished  guests.  At  the  con- 
clusion of  the  review,  the  men  stacked  their  arms,  and, 
accompanied  by  their  ofiicers,  marched  into  the  celebrated 
East  Room  of  the  White  House,  where  President  Bu- 
chanan had  expressed  his  willingness  to  receive  them.  The 
officers,  commissioned  and  non-commissioned,  were  first 
introduced  by  name  by  Colonel  Duryee,  after  which  the 


OF   JAArES   MOXEOE.  195 

men  passed  up  in  file,  each  shaking  hands  with  the  Presi- 
dent without  introduction.  The  President  made  no  spe- 
cial remark,  but  his  cordial  grasp  and  pleasant  counte- 
nance denoted  the  gratification  which  he  felt  at  meeting 
the  members  of  the  "  Seventh,"  whose  excellent  appear- 
ance and  drill  he  had  repeatedly  praised  to  their  officers. 
He,  however,  did  make  one  general  remark  of  note, 
when  the  first  privates  came  up.  He  said  :  "  Gentlemen, 
I  am  glad  to  see  you.  I  was  nothing  but  one  of  the  rank 
and  file  myself  when  I  was  in  the  service." 

On  being  introduced  to  the  actmg  Chaplain  of  the 
Regiment,  Mr.  Weston,  the  President  said  :  "  I  did  not 
think  there  was  any  necessity  for  a  chaplain  to  keep  order 
hi  this  Regiment."  After  all  had  been  received,  the 
President  spent  some  moments  in  social  conversation  with 
the  ofl^icers,  and  soon  retired,  on  the  plea  of  ill-health. 
After  taking  a  superficial  view  of  the  White  House,  the 
guests  left,  and  the  Regiment  soon  formed  and  marched 
to  their  quarters  for  supper. 

VISIT    TO    THE    TOMB    OF    WASHINGTON-. 

Mr.  Richard  Wallach,  of  the  Washington  and  Alexan- 
dria Steamshi])  Company,  kindly  tendered  to  the  Regi- 
ment the  use  of  two  boats,  the  Thomas  Collyer  and 
Mount  Vernon,  to  convey  the  Regiment  to  Mount  Ver- 
non, which  was  gratefully  accepted. 

Colonel  Duryee,  having  become  slightly  ill  by  hard 
duty,  the  command,  on  this  occasion,  devolved  upon 
Lieut.-Colonel  Marshall  Lefferts,  who  ordered  the  men  to 
be  ready  to  parade  in  full  uniform,  with  the  side  arms 
only,  for  the  occasion.  The  fatigue  had  been  so  great, 
and  the  weather  was  so  extremely  warm,  that  numbers 
of  the  Guard  were  unable  to  walk  in  the  ranks,  but  w^ent 
in  fatigue-dress  in  conveyances  to  the  boats.  The  Mount 
Vernon,  Captain  Reynolds,  left  Washington  at  a  quarter 
to  six  P.M.,  and  the  Thomas  Collyer  left  Alexandria 


196  RKMOYAL^OF    THE    KEMAl^S 

shortly  after  her.  The  h\te  hour  of  starting  was  a  matter 
of  general  regret,  but  the  delays  were  considered  un- 
avoidable, and  it  was  calculated  that  the  visit  would  be 
over  by  daylight.  The  distance  is  about  twenty  miles, 
and  in  a  little  over  an  hour  and  a  half,  the  company  was' 
landed  on  the  wharf  at  Mount  Vernon  —  the  smaller 
steamer,  on  account  of  the  shoal  w^ater,  being  obliged  to 
take  off  the  passengers  of  the  other. 

DESCRIPTION    OF    MOUNT    VERNON. 

Mount  Yernon  is  situated  on  the  southern  bank  of  the 
Potomac,  about  twenty  miles  below  Washington,  nearly 
opposite  Fort  Washington,  an  old  fortification  which  was 
blown  up  during  the  w^ar  of  1812,  on  the  approach  of  the 
British  fleet. 

The  casual  observer  would  hardly  notice  the  spot  in 
passing  on  the  river,  as  the  luxuriant  foliage  and  thick 
forest  trees  nearly  obscured  the  house  from  vision.  The 
boat  landed  at  a  dilapidated  wharf,  jutting  about  thirty 
feet  into  the  stream,  and  seeming  ready  to  fall  at  every 
step  when  crow^ded.  There  are  two  paths  leading  to  the 
tomb.  The  older  one  is  much  washed  away  by  the  rains, 
and  is  not  the  most  direct  route,  being  more  in  the  path 
to  the  house.  The  other  is  a  plank  walk,  loosened  by  age 
and  frequent  use,  leading  directly  from  the  landing  up 
the  hill  to  the  tomb,  through  thick  foliage,  and  alongside 
a  little  ravine.  The  tomb  is  on  a  little  hill  facing  the 
river,  and  but  about  a  hundred  yards  from  the  bank,  the 
same  ridge  extending  some  distance  either  way.  On  the 
left  of  the  w^alk,  as  you  approach  the  tomb,  stands  a 
small  wooden  building,  which  you  are  informed  is  for  the 
use  of  the  daguerreotypist,  who  alone  is  allowed  to  take 
pictures  here ;  further  up,  on  each  side  of  the  tomb,  are 
marble  shafts,  erected  to  other  members  of  the  Wash- 
ington family,  whose  remains  are  likewise  deposited  in 
the  vault.     The  immediate  locality  of  the  tomb  presents 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  197 

a  much-neglected  appearance — the  grass  and  foHage  be- 
ing much  damaged  by  the  many  visitors.  The  tomb 
itself  is  on  the  side  of  the  hill,  built  of  plain  brick,  about 
fifteen  feet  high  by  twenty  wide.  The  marble  sarcopha- 
gus which  contains  the  remains  of  Washington  can  be 
plainly  seen  through  the  large  double-barred  iron  gates, 
and  at  its  side,  that  of  his  wife.  The  ceilings  and  walls 
of  the  interior  are  soiled,  by  the  water  soaking  through, 
and  the  plastering  is  falling  off  in  many  j^laces.  The  dust 
covers  the  sarcophagus,  so  that  the  epitaph  can  hardly 
be  read,  and  the  following  inscription  over  the  doors  is 
all  that  would  denote,  to  the  casual  observer,  the  location 
of  the  tomb  of  the  Father  of  his  Country  : 

AVithin  this  inclosure  rest  the  remains 

of 

General  George  "Washixgtox. 

A  stone  j^anel  over  the  door  bears  the  following  in- 
scription : 

I  am  the  resurrection  and  the  life.  He  that  believeth  in  me, 
though  he  were  dead,  yet  shall  he  live. 

This  vault  was  erected  in  1831,  just  thirty-two  years 
after  "Washington's  death,  and  on  the  spot  designated  in 
his  will,  at  the  "foot  of  what  is  commonly  called  the 
vineyard  inclosure."  The  old  vault  near  by,  which  was 
then  abandoned,  is  now  but  bare  ruined  walls,  into  which 
the  visitor  may  enter.  The  new  vault  is  about  twelve 
feet 'high,  arched  over  the  top,  and  the  brick  walls  are 
faced  with  free  stone.  The  sarcophagus  is  cut  from  solid 
Pennsylvania  marble,  and  is  eight  feet  long,  three  wide, 
and  two  high,  and  rests  on  a  plinth,  which  projects  about 
four  inches  from  the  base.  The  top  is  of  Italian  mar- 
ble, and  bears,  sculptured  in  bold  relief,  the  arms  and 
insignia  of  the  United  States,  with  the  following  inscrip- 
tion near  the  foot : 

AVASIIIXGTOX. 


198  REMOVAL  H)F   THE    REMAINS 

The  body  of  Martha,  the  wife  of  Washington,  lies  in  a 
sarcophagus  of  a  similar  form,  and  is  on  the  left  of  the 
vault,  as  you  face  the  entrance,  both  bemg  plainly  visible 
through  the  iron  gate.  At  the  back- wall,  two  iron  doors 
are  seen,  which  lead  to  the  vaults  in  which  are  deposited* 
other  members  of  the  family.  The  walls  of  the  vault  are 
somewhat  cracked.  The  grass  in  the  vicinity  is  growing 
wild,  and  there  were  evidences  that  cows  had  recently 
pastured  in  the  immediate  vicinity,  so  that,  whether  from 
a  desire  to  leave  the  place  without  molestation  from  the 
sacredness  of  its  character  or  not,  it  bears  a  semblance  of 
neglect  which  at  first  strikes  the  eye  unfavorably. 

Winding  along  a  deep  ravine,  the  same  path  growing 
apparently  more  dilapidated  as  it  continues,  leads  up  a 
steep  hill  about  a  hundred  yards  further  on,  and  requir- 
ing the  visitor  to  step  carefully,  lest  he  fall  down  the 
steep.  Ascending  a  flight  of  steps,  the  route  leads  past 
the  old  ice-house,  where  notices  are  posted,  warning 
visitors  from  despoiling  the  grounds.  Another  steep 
ascent  brings  the  visitor  to  the  beautiful  lawn  in  front  of 
the  mansion  of  Washington,  facing  the  river.  Its  am- 
ple dimensions  strike  you  at  once,  and  you  picture  in 
your  mind  the  home  of  the  Virginia  planter,  built  with  an 
eye  ever  wakeful  to  the  demands  of  hospitality.  A  row 
of  heavy  wooden  Corinthian  columns  fronts  the  house, 
and  helps  to  support  the  overshadowing  roof;  the  lawn  is 
clean  shaven,  and,  glistening  through  the  tree-tops,  the 
Potomac  may  be  seen,  either  up  or  down  the  river.  As 
you  enter  the  hall,  the  furniture  which  belonged  to 
Washington  mavbe  seen  arrangred  at  the  side.  There  is 
his  venerated  arm-chair,  with  a  leaf  upon  which  he  wrote, 
and  the  sittincc-room  chairs  and  tables.  But  the  crowd 
hurries  you  on  hastily  through  the  two  small  rooms  which 
alone  are  thrown  open  to  the  public,  and  you  have  but  a 
glimpse  of  the  pictures  which  were  his,  the  furniture 
which  he  prized.     You  dare  not  even  imagine  that  there 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  109 

is  an  article  which  is  not  rendered  sacred  by  the  touch  of 
his  hand,  and  you  would  fain  tarry  to  indulge  in  the  re- 
verie which  this  consecrated  spot  must  force  upon  every 
thoughtful  man.  But,  as  upon  the  occasion  of  the  visit 
of  the  National  Guard,  you  have  no  time  to  linger  ;  you 
continue  the  route,  and  pass  out  of  the  back-door,  on 
which  there  is  an  ancient  brass-knocker.  From  the  back- 
stoop,  the  out-buildings  may  be  seen,  ranging  on  either 
side,  and  connected  with  the  main  building  by  hall- ways. 
They  are  the  residences  of  the  negro  slaves  employed  on 
the  plantation,  and  are  said  to  be  in  the  same  state  as 
when  he  left  them.  All  the  buildings  seem  to  be  in  a 
good  state  of  preservation.  The  mansion  looks  strong 
enough  to  last  a  century  to  come.  This  is  Mount  Vernon 
as  it  appeared  to  the  writer  in  the  hurried  \'isit  of  but  a 
few  moments  on  the  occasion  of  the  visit  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment,  National  Guard,  on  Friday,  the  9th  July. 

CEREMONIES    AT  MOUJSTT  VERNON-THE    NATIONAL 
GUARD  AT  THE  TOMB  OF  WASHINGTON. 

As  the  Guard  passed  up  the  walk,  each  uncovered  his 
head,  and  gazed  upon  the  tomb  in  silence  as  he  passed. 
Some  stooped  reverentially,  and  plucked  blades  of  grass 
or  wild  flowers,  or  little  pebbles  or  bits  of  loose  plaster- 
ing, as  mementoes  of  the  spot  hallowed  to  the  citizens  of 
America.  AYhen  each  had  taken  a  passing"  view,  the 
company  formed  in  a  semi-circle  about  the  tomb,  the 
officers  and  citizens  being  nearest,  and  after  an  impressive 
silence  the  stillness  was  broken  by  the  Mayor  of  Richmond. 

Mayor  Mayo,  in  a  voice  husky  with  emotion,  said  he 
had  not  expected  to  address  them.  He  had  been  born 
in  Virginia,  and  yet  for  the  first  time  in  his  life  he  stood 
before  the  tomb  of  the  Father  of  his  Country.  The  occa- 
sion was  such  that  he  could  say  nothing  to  them.  They 
were  now  upon  ground  that  was  sacred  and  hallowed. 
It  was  the  common  ground  of  every  American  citizen. 


200 

It  was  no  longer  j^roperty  ;  it  could  not  be  property  ;  it 
was  national.  It  became  all  American  citizens  to  come 
there  as  to  the  American  Mecca.  All  who  loved  free- 
dom, and  wished  to  worship  at  the  shrine  of  liberty, 
should  come  there.  He  could  not  address  them  further, 
but  would  give  way  to  another,  who  he  knew  would 
speak  in  more  fitting  terms  than  he  possibly  could. 

Rev.  Dr.  Weston,  the  temporary  chaplain  of  the  Regi- 
ment, then  came  forward  and  spoke  as  follows,  in  a  clear 
and  sonorous  yet  affecting  tone  : 

National  Guards  :  I  have  been  requested  by  your  respected  offi- 
cers to  offer  up  a  prayer  here  at  this  altar  of  patriotism,  but,  before 
I  do  so,  I  propose  to  preface  it  with  a  very  few  remarks.  This  has 
been  rendered  unnecessary  by  the  touching  and  eloquent  appeal  of 
my  friend  who  has  just  preceded  me.  It  was  well  said,  it  was  touch- 
ingly  said,  by  some  one,  that  Heaven  left  Washington  childless  that 
a  nation  might  call  him  Father.  "W"e  from  IS"ew-York  come  here 
to-day  to  offer  to  his  memory  our  filial  homage,  and  I  know  there  is 
not  a  heart  present  that  will  not  beat  with  the  true  accent  and  spirit 
of  prayer. 

"We  shall  be  better  for  this.  We  shall  go  home  better  soldiers, 
better  citizens,  better  Christians,  for  he  whose  ashes  slumber  there, 
was  our  exemplar  in  all  these  great  things — a  patriot  incorruptible, 
nor  kings  nor  worlds  could  warp  his  steadfast  mind.  A  soldier,  as 
someone  has  said:  "  Liberty  alone  unsheathed  his  sword,  necessity 
alone  stained  it,  and  victory  alone  returned  it." 

In  respectful  deference  we  stand  here  alone  to-day,  and  a  voice 
seems  to  come  from  out  the  sky  like  that  which  awed  the  trembling 
Hebrew  when  he  stood  before  the  burning  bush :  "  Put  off  thy  shoes 
from  off  thy  feet,  the  place  whereon  thou  standest  is  holy  ground.'' 
Not  only  do  we  assemble  here,  but  centuries  after  we  shall  have 
gone  and  our  ashes  shall  have  mingled  with  the  dust,  the  sons  of 
American  freemen  will  come  from  the  shores  of  the  Atlantic  and  the 
murmuring  Pacific,  from  woody  Maine  and  flowery  Florida,  as 
patriots  to  offer  up  their  prayers  upon  this  consecrated  altar.  Men 
who  have  met  in  anger,  and  in  the  excitement  of  political  contests, 
will  remember  here  that  they  are  brothers,  and  that  the  great  man 
who  sleeps  there  knew  no  Mason  &  Dixon's  line,  no  North  nor  South, 
nor  East  nor  West,  but  his  great  heart  embraced  the  whole  country. 
Ilg  belonged,  indeed,  to  humanity  and  to  liberty  every  where.     Not 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  201 

only  will  millions  of  Americans  come  here  to  our  Mecca,  but  they 
will  come  from  distant  lands.  The  down-trodden  upon  whose  neck 
the  heel  of  the  tyrant  has  been  set — they  will  come  here  too — and 
from  those  distant  lands,  when  their  liberties  are  being  cloven  down, 
and  hope  is  well-nigh  gone,  there  will  come  up  a  voice  and  prayer 
for  another  Washington  to  lead  them  on  to  victory  and  to  freedom. 
God  grant  that  the  great  example  that  great  man  has  left  to  human 
liberty  will  not  be  lost,  and  that  when  the  time  shall  come  for  that 
final  contest  between  liberty  and  despotism,  there  may  be  future 
Washingtons  to  check  men  from  dishonor  and  lead  them  on  to  uni- 
versal liberty. 

The  reverend  gentleman  closed  with  an  appropriate 
prayer,  and  after  a  lingering  glance  at  the  tomb,  the 
company  separated,  and  took  the  route  to  the  mansion. 
Mr.  John  A.  ^Yashington,  a  nephew  of  the  illustrious  dead, 
the  present  owner  of  the  estate,  was  on  the  ground, 
and  was  introduced  to  the  principal  personages  present. 
Under  his  guidance,  those  who  had  not  preceded,  took 
the  route  to  the  house  of  Washington,  and  hastily  ob- 
served the  prominent  objects  of  interest.  Mr.  Washing- 
ton's slaves  could  be  seen  standing  about,  and  not  a  few 
sold  canes  and  other  mementoes  to  the  visitors. 

The  steamboats  were  soon  resumed,  the  w^hole  visit 
having  occupied  about  an  hour,  and  terminating  just  as 
the  shades  of  night  were  falling.  The  hotels  were  reached 
shortly  after  ten,  and  after  necessary  refreshment,  the 
men  retired  to  prepare  for  the  early  departure  of  the 
morning,  which  had  been  fixed  for  5  A.M.,  on  the  10th. 

A   MEMENTO    OF   MOUNT   VERNON. 

Mr.  J.  Crutchett,  proprietor  of  a  factory  for  the  man- 
ufacture of  mementoes  of  the  neighborhood  of  Mount 
Vernon,  notified  Col.  Duryee,  through  Col.  Hickey,  that 
each  member  of  the  Seventh  would  be  presented  by  him 
with  some  article  commemorative  of  the  resting-place  of 
the  immortal  Washington. 
9* 


202  nEMOYAL  OF  THE  KEMAINS 

MORE  HOSPITALITY. 
On  inquiring  at  Brown's  Hotel,  at  TTashington,  for  the 
bill  against  the  Regiment,  the  following  letter  was  re- 
ceived : 

Brown's  Hotel,  "Washington*,  July  9,  1858. 
Gentlemen:  We  regret  exceedingly  that  we  were  not  informed 
earlier  of  your  ijitentions  to  take  quarters  with  us  during  your  short 
sojourn  here.  We  are  happy  to  inform  you  that  we  have  no  charge 
or  bill  against  you,  and  hope  that  some  future  day  you  will  again 
visit  Washington,  when  we  shall  be  better  prepared  to  receive  you. 
Respectfully,  your  obedient  servants, 

P.  &  M.  Brown. 

Col.  Duryee  also  received  the  following  : 

Washington  City,  July  9,  1858. 

My  Dsar  Sir:  Sudden  and  severe  indisposition,  from  which  I  am 
gradually  recovering,  alone  prevented  my  tendering  a  personal  wel- 
come to  you  and  your  associates  in  arms ;  and  I  had  hoped,  up  to 
the  present  moment,  to  be  able  to  carry  out  this  wish  ;  but  my  phy- 
sician has  placed  me  under  injunctions  not  to  leave  my  house. 

I  deeply  regret  this  circumstance  on  every  account ;  but  it  shall 
not  prevent  an  expression  of  my  feelings  on  this  interesting  occasion, 
rendered  doubly  interesting  from  the  patriotic  errand  w^hich  brought 
you  to  this  region  of  our  Union. 

I  am  sure  the  citizens  and  soldiers  of  the  federal  metropolis  will 
rejoice  to  meet  you  in  their  city ;  and  in  their  name,  as  well  as  for 
myself  individually,  I  offer  to  you  and  to  those  under  your  command 
a  hearty  welcome  to  Washington. 

Allow  me  to  add  mj  best  wishes  for  a  pleasant  and  safe  return  to 
your  homes, 

I  am.  Colonel,  with  high  regard,  yours  truly, 

James  G.  Berret, 
Col.  Abram  Duryee,  Commanding  Seventh  Regiment  of  !N"ew-York. 

BEAU    HICKMAN. 

Of  course  the  famous  Beau  Hickman,  the  gentleman 
so  noted  for  being  well  dressed  and  never  working — who 
is  always  so  anxious  to  show  you  the  city  and  borrow  a 
half,  was  on  hand  on  this  occasion,  and  succeeded  not 
unfrequently  in  doing  his  victim  out  of  a  "  half  or  a  quar- 


OF   JAMES    JirOXROE.  20o 

ter,"  by  the  most  persistent  encouragement  of  a  desire 
to  get  rid  of  him,  Avhich  can  not  easily  be  done.  He 
never  moves  on  under — "  a  half  or  a  quarter." 

PURSUIT   OF    HAPPINESS   UNDER    DIFFICULTIES. 

Though  large  bodies  are  reputed  to  move  slowly,  the 
Regiment  had  risen,  breakfasted,  and  reached  the  depot 
within  fifteen  minutes  after  the  appointed  time,  or  about 
a  quarter  past  five  o'clock.  There  were  eighteen  cars, 
and  but  one  old-fashioned  engine  to  start  them.  N"ow, 
five  hundred  men,  with  their  arms  and  accoutrements, 
and  one  hundred  other  men,  with  the  baggage  and  cars, 
require  some  little  force  to  move  them.  But  it  was  found 
that  the  engineer  had  overrated  his  power  and  could  not 
budge  the  train  an  inch  without  getting  up  more  steam, 
which  kept  the  train  back  so  long  that,  on  account  of 
their  being  but  a  single  track,  two  hours  more  were  lost 
waiting  for  an  express  train  to  pass.  The  boys,  however, 
had  become  too  much  accustomed  to  delay  to  feel  at  all 
angry,  and  immediately  set  to  work  pitching  quoits  and 
playing  duck.  Perhaps  some  city  folks  don't  know  how 
to  play  duck.  It  is  done  in  this  way :  Some  body  must  first 
be  "  It,"  and  provide  a  big  stone,  having  on  it  a  smaller 
stone,  which  is  called  his  "  duck."  The  others  fire  stones, 
called  their  "  ducks,"  at  his  "  duck,"  and  if  they  knock 
it  oiF,  all  can  go  home  provided  they  are  not  caught  by 
"  It,"  after  he  has  put  his  "  duck  "  on.  If  "  It "  has  his 
"  duck  "  on  and  catches  another  man  away  from  "  taw  " 
going  home  or  to  "  taw  "  with  his  "  duck,"  he  "  tags  "  or 
strikes  him,  and  the  other  has  to  be  "  It."  It  will  be 
perceived  that  this  is  a  scientific  game,  and  likewise 
afibrds  some  opportunity  for  displaying  physical  energy. 
The  two  hours  thus  passed  away  almost  imperceptibly, 
and  after  a  dreary  ride  of  two  hours  they  got  into  Balti- 
more. 


204  REMOVAL    OP   THE   REMAINS 

V 


MARCH    THROUGH    BALTIMORE. 

The  Seventh  was  expected  in  Baltimore  at  a  quarter 
before  seven,  but  did  not  arrive  before  a  quarter  past 
nine.     The  Light  Artillery,  Company  K,  Capt.  French, 
stationed  at  Fort  McHenry,  and  commanded  by  Capt. 
French  and  Lieutenants  Gillem  and  Robinson,  and  the 
Baltimore  City  Guard,  Capt.  Joshua  P.  "Warner,  number- 
ing fifty  men,  Avere  drawn  up  ready  to  receive  the  Xew- 
Yorkers  and  escort  them  to  the  Philadelphia  depot.   They 
formed  in  line  on  Eutaw  street,  and  the  Seventh,  after 
forming  regimental  line  a  short  distance  below,  marched 
by,  being  received  with  due  honors.     The  Seventh  then 
drew  uj)  in  line  after  passing  the  escort,  and  presented 
arms,  and  the  Baltimoreans  repassed  them  and  took  the 
right  of   the  line,  en  route  for  the  depot.     The   Balti- 
more City  Guard  uniform  was  black,  trimmed  with  gilt, 
and  bearskin  caps.      The  rank  and  file  wore  epaulets  of 
gilt,  mixed  with  black.  They  marched  in  platoons — twelve 
front — and  made  a  fine  appearance.     The  route  taken  was 
through  Eutaw,  Baltimore,  and   South-High   streets,  to 
tlie  depot  of  the  Philadelphia  cars — a  distance  certainly 
of  over  two  miles.     The  men  were  already  jaded  with 
the  fatigues  of  the  past  week,  and  this  march  through  the 
broiling  sun  was  such  torture  that  many  of  them  were 
obliged  to  fall  out  of  the  i-anks  and  take  to  the  sidewalk. 
Some  flocked  around  the  nearest  pumps,  or  asked  at 
private  dwellings  for  a  draught  of  water,  and  one  benev- 
olent groceryman  at  the  corner  of  Fawn  street,  seeing 
their  condition,  fixed  up  a  pail  of  iced  lager  and  placed 
it  at  their  disposal.     Those  who  stuck  to  the  ranks  suf- 
fered terribly,  and  one  poor  fellow  was  sun-struck  and 
had  to  be  carried  to  the  train,  where,  for  some  time,  his 
life  was  despaired  of.     The  promptness  with  which  the 
train  left  after  their  arrival,  gave  them  hardly  an  oppor- 
tunity to  get  a  drink  of  water.     They  would  have  given 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  205 

any  price  for  refreshments  of  any  kind.  At  the  various 
stations,  however,  the  water-jugs  were  replenished,  and 
finally  the  whole  Company  had  become  somew^hat  re- 
cruited. Mr.  William  Roberts,  of  the  Philadelphia,  Bal- 
timore, and  Washington  Railroad,  contributed  much  by 
his  arrangements  to  expedite  the  trip  and  make  it  com- 
fortable. At  Havre  de  Grace  an  excellent  collation  was 
spread  on  the  boat,  though  there  was  hardly  enough  to 
satisfy  all. 

At  Wilmington  the  Seventh  was  loudly  cheered,  and 
greeted  with  an  artillery  salute. 

•  RECEPTION   AT    PHILADELPHIA. 

The  Philadelphia  National  Guard  had  made  extensive 
preparations  to  receive  the  Seventh,  and  were  much 
chagrined  when  they  learned  that  they  had  not  time  to 
stop.  In  spite  of  the  lateness  of  the  hour  they  stood  their 
ground,  and  as  the  train  came  up  greeted  the  Seventh 
with  loud  cheers.  Lieutenant- Colonel  AVilhelra,  of  the 
First  Brigade,  and  Captain  Lyle,  of  the  Philadelphia  Na- 
tional Guard,  waited  upon  Colonel  Duryee  in  the  cars, 
and  pressed  him  to  stay  with  his  command  and  partake 
of  a  collation  which  had  been  spread  at  the  new  Armory  ; 
but  Colonel  Duryee  was  inexorable.  He  said  the  men 
were  too  tired,  and  he  would  not  take  them  in  New- 
York  on  Sunday,  but  expressed,  on  behalf  of  the  Regi- 
ment, a  grateful  appreciation  of  the  kindness  intended, 
but  impressed  the  necessity  of  proceeding  at  once  to 
New-York.  Captain  Kyle  accordingly  yielded,  and, 
upon  invitation,  seated  his  men  in  the  forward  cars  for 
the  purpose  of  escorting  the  New-Yorkers  to  the  depot 
for  New- York.  The  Philadelphia  National  Guard  is  a 
fine  body  of  men,  numbering  one  hundred  and  fifty  mus- 
kets. The  dress  is  light  drab  dress-coats,  with  brass  but- 
tons, and  epaulets  with  pendent  acorns,  symbolical  of 
strength,  white  pants  and  bear-skin  black  hats.     They 


206  REMOVAL  O^  THE  REMAINS 

are  a  fine  body  of  men  physically,  and  drilled  with  much 
j)recision.  They  courteously  accompanied  the  Seventh 
on  board  the  boat  to  Camden,  where  a  most  social  in- 
terchange of  feehng  took  place  for  the  brief  period  before 
the  starting  of  the  train,  which  left  Camden  about  half- 
past  seven,  and  after  sundry  disagreeable  stoppages,  ar- 
rived at  Amboy  at  half-past  eleven.  The  transportation 
of  baggage  occupied  some  time,  and  it  was  not  until 
half  past  one  before  the  landing  at  pier  No.  1,  North 
River,  could  be  descried  from  the  Amboy  boat. 

PREPARATIONS  IN  NE\^-YORK  TO  RECEIVE  THE 
SEVENTH  REGIMENT. 

As  soon  as  it  became  known  that  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment were  to  return  to  New- York  on  Saturday  night, 
July  10th,  the  members  of  the  Seventh  remaining  in  New- 
York,  called  a  meeting  for  the  purpose  of  attending  at 
the  pier  near  the  Battery  to  receive  them. 

And  the  following  order  was  also  issued  by  the  respect- 
ive commanders  of  the  two  Battalions  of  the  Seventy- 
first  Regiment : 

AMERICAN    GUARD-SEVEN TF-FIRST    REGIMENT. 

Regimental  Order,  No.  8. 

Head-quarters,  New- York,  July  8,  1858. 
The  members  of  this  Regiment  are  hereby  ordered  to  assemble  at 
the  Armory,  on  Saturday  afternoon,  July  10th,  at  5  o'clock,  in  full 
uniform,  white  trowsers,  for  parade,  to  receive  the  Seventh  Regiment, 
National  Guard,  on  their  return  from  Richmond,  Va. 

The  line  will  be  formed  at  5  o'clock.     The  band  and  field-music 
will  report  to  the  Adjutant,  at  the  Armory,  at  5  o'clock. 
The  Field  and  Staff  will  report  to  Colonel,  dismounted. 
Members  who  are  not  fully  uniformed,  wiU  report  to  the  Adjutant 
for  special  duty,  in  fatigue-dress. 

By  order  of  Col.  A.  S.  Vosburgh. 

A.  G.  Demarest,  Adjutant. 

The  line  of  the  Seventy-first  Regiment  will  be  formed  in  Bond 
street,  right  resting  on  Broadway 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  207 

NATIONAL    GUARD    BATTALION. 

Head-quarters,  New- York,  July  9th,  1858. 

In  accordance  with  the  resolution  passed  at  the  meeting  held  on 
the  6th  inst.,  this  Battalion  will  parade  for  the  purpose  of  receiviug 
our  comrades  of  the  Regiment  on  their  return  from  Richmond  and 
Mount  Vernon. 

The  members  of  the  different  companies  will  assemble  at  their 
respective  armories  fully  uniformed,  armed  and  equipped,  white 
pantaloons,  wifhout  knapsacks,  on  Saturday,  10th  inst.,  at  half-past 
3  o'clock  P.M. 

Line  will  be  formed  on  Washington  Square,  right  on  Wooster 
street,  at  4  o'clock  P.M.  precisely. 

Lieutenant  Haight  with  the  Troop  will  report  to  the  Adjutant 
twenty  minutes  before  the  formation  of  the  line. 

It  is  expected  that  every  "  National  Guard,"  now  in  the  city,  will 
join  in  giving  the  Regiment  a  hearty  "  welcome  home." 

By  order  of  Adj.  Wm.  A  Pond,  Commanding  Battalion. 

W.  E.  Vermilye,  Adjutant. 

CITY    GUARD-FIFTY-FIFTH    REGIMEKT. 

Armory,  No.  654  Broadway,  New-York,  July  9,  1858. 
The  members  of  this  command  are  hereby  ordered  to  assemble  at 
the  Armory  on  Saturday,  10th  inst.,  at  four  o'clock  P.M.,  in  full 
company  uniform,  for  the  purpose  of  joining  in  the  escort  to  the 
Seventh  Regiment,  National  Guard. 

By  order,  W.  II.  IIallick,  Commandant. 

J.  Edmonds,  Jr.,  Orderly. 

THE  SEVENTH  REGIMENT  AT  HOME— MILITARY  PA- 
RADE  TO  RECEIVE  AND  WELCOME  THEM  BACK. 

The  military  paraded  in  large  numbers.  The  Seventy- 
first  Regiment,  (which  was  especially  appointed  to  escort 
the  Seventh,)  Col.  Vosburgh,  assembled  at  the  armory. 
Centre  street,  at  five  o'clock,  and  marched  to  Bond  street, 
where  the  Regiment  formed.  They  mustered  two  hun- 
dred and  seventy-five  muskets,  and  appeared  in  full  uni- 
form, with  white  pants.  The  National  Guard  battalion, 
composed  of  members  of  the  Seventh  who  had  remained 
in  the  city,  and  numbering  over  two  hundred,  formed  in 
Washington  Square   at   four  o'clock,  where  they  were 


208  REMOVAL    O^   THE   REMAINS 

shortly  after  joined  by  a  company  of  the  City  Guard, 
numbering  about  forty-five  men.  They  then  marched 
down  Broadway,  and  at  Bond  street  formed  into  Hne, 
and  proceeded  to  the  Battery  in  the  following  order  : 

Troop  of  the  National  Guard. 

Band  of  the  Fifty-fifth  Regiment. 

City  Guard. 

Katlonal  Guard  escort,  numbering  two  hundred  men  in  platoons — 

fourteen  front. 

First  Company — Captain  Denyke. 

Second  Company — Lieut.  Harrison,  Ex-Lieut.  Giffing. 

Third  Company — Lieut.  Vermilyea,  Ex-Lieut.  Quackenbush. 

Fourth  Company — Ex-Captain  Loutrell,  Ex-Lieut.  Mcllvaine. 

The  Seventy-first  Regiment,  Col.  Yosburgh,  with  Dodworth's  Band, 

marching  in  platoons. 

The  Commandant  of  the  National  Guard  battalion  gave 
the  City  Guard,  Capt.  Halleck,  the  right  of  the  escort. 

As  the  regiments  proceeded  down  Broadway  the  num- 
ber of  spectators  increased,  and  the  windows,  balconies, 
sikewalks,  and  every  available  location  were  quickly  filled 
by  ladies  and  gentlemen.  The  different  regiments  pre- 
sented a  fine  appearance,  and  elicited  loud  and  frequent 
manifestations  of  applause  as  they  passed.  Upon  filing 
into  the  Battery  the  line  counter-marched,  bringing  the 
Seventy-first  Regiment  on  the  right.  The  troop  of  the 
National  Guard  took  up  a  position  near  Castle  Garden  ; 
and  for  some  time  the  regiments  stood  at  ease,  the  bands 
playing  enlivening  airs.  It  was  now  about  eight  o'clock, 
and  as  the  Amboy  boat  had  arrived  at  seven  o'clock  with- 
out any  tidings  of  the  Seventh,  the  spectators  became 
impatient,  and  several  rumors  of  a  contradictory  charac- 
ter were  quickly  circulated — that  an  accident  had  hap- 
pened on  the  line — that  the  Seventh  would  not  arrive 
until  the  following  day — that  they  intended  takiug  the 
cars  from  Philadelphia  and  come  by  Jersey  City.  The 
number  of  spectators   had  greatly  increased,   and  the 


OF    JAMES    MONROE.  209 

crowds  cheered  the  regiments  repeatedly.  It  was  grow- 
ing dark  when  Colonel  Yosburgh  telegraphed  to  Borden- 
town  to  know  if  the  Seventh  had  passed,  and  what  route 
they  had  taken.  After  a  short  delay  he  received  a  dis- 
patch stating  that  they  would  arrive  at  half-past  eleven 
by  Jersey  City,  and  he  immediately  ordered  the  military 
to  stack  their  guns,  and  dismissed  them  for  half  an  hour. 
The  Battery  presented  a  martial  appearance  at  this  time. 
Along  the  centre  w^alk  the  arms  were  stacked,  and  knots 
of  military  men  could  be  seen  in  all  directions.  The  men 
of  the  Seventy-first  and  Seventh  Regiments  adjourned  to 
the  Washington  Hotel  and  neighboring  restaurants, 
where  they  cordially  fraternized  for  some  time,  and  im- 
bibed numerous  kegs  of  lager,  and  countless  mint-juleps, 
brandy-smashes,  etc.,  etc.  There  was  also  a  great  de- 
mand for  edibles  and  sardines.  Cold  meats,  pies  and 
cakes,  were  quickly  disposed  of,  as  the  appetites  of  the 
military  gerftlemen  were  somewhat  sharpened  by  the  sea- 
breeze.  The  news  that  the  "  soldiers  were  encamped  at 
the  Battery  "  quickly  spread,  and  every  moment  added 
large  numbers  to  the  vast  assemblage,  among  whom  were 
hundreds  of  itinerant  dealers  in  candies,  nuts,  segars, 
ice-creams,  w^ho  seemed  to  have  deserted  their  old  haunts 
around  the  Park  and  City  Hall.  All  sorts  of  games  were 
enacted,  and  the  crowd  seemed  to  enjoy  themselves  in 
all  possible  ways.  The  utmost  good  humor  prevailed, 
and  the  police,  assisted  by  a  special  company  under 
Captain  Turnbull,  that  had  accompanied  the  military, 
preserved  excellent  order.  The  Washington  Hotel  was 
crowded  and  the  military  continued  to  fraternize.  Songs, 
toasts,  and  speeches  Avere  given  among  the  privates 
ad  libitum^  while  Colonel  Vosburgh,  with  the  staff,  and 
other  officers,  were  anxiously  waiting  in  a  private  room. 
Shortly  before  eleven  o'clock  the  drums  beat,  and  the 
regiments  got  imder  arms  in  a  creditably  short  time. 
The  spectators  had  wonderfully  increased  in  numbers, 


210  EEMOVAL    ®F   THE   EEMAINS 

and  there  could  not  have  been  less  than  five  thousand 
persons  present.  The  Seventy-first  Regiment  then  took 
up  the  right,  the  line  formed  and  marched  down  Broad- 
way and  Cortlandt  street,  to  the  Jersey  ferry,  where  a 
large  number  of  people  were  waiting  their  arrival.  The 
regiments  then  counter-marched  in  Cortlandt  street,  the 
Seventh  Regiment  forming  in  line  and  the  Seventy-first 
on  Broadway.  Cortlandt  street  and  Broadway  presented 
a  most  animated  appearance.  The  difiTerent  hotels  were 
crowded  by  spectators,  and  innumerable  rockets,  Roman 
candles,  and  torpedoes  were  fired  in  succession.  Loud 
and  enthusiastic  cheers  for  the  Regiment  were  called  for, 
and  heartily  responded  to  ;  but  as  yet  no  appearance  of 
the  Seventh.  Colonel  Yosburgh,  Captain  Halleck,  Lieu- 
tenant Haight,  and  other  officers,  repaired  to  the  Jersey 
House,  and  anxiously  awaited  the  arrivals  of  the  Jersey 
City  boats.  Numerous  rockets  w^ere  fired  from  the 
Jersey  shore,  wdiich  tended  to  give  hope  ;  but  as  boat 
after  boat  arrived  with  no  tidings  of  the  gallant  Seventh, 
many  despaired  of  meeting  their  comrades  that  night. 
Dispatches  were  handed  to  the  Colonels  of  both  Regi- 
ments, all  of  a  different  character,  until  the  bewildered 
commanders  discovered  that  some  gentleman  had  pro- 
vided himself  Avith  a  number  of  blanks  from  the  telegraph 
office,  and  amused  himself  by  conveying  the  electrical 
sparks  of  his  imagination  to  the  expectant  Regiments, 
and  filling  up  each  blank  in  a  different  style.  After 
nearly  an  hour's  suspense,  Brigadier-General  Hall,  who 
was  anxiously  awaiting  the  arrival  of  the  cars  at  the 
Jersey  depot,  arrived  with  a  dispatch  stating  that  the 
Seventh  would  come  by  boat  from  Amboy,  and  were 
not  expected  until  after  one  o'clock.  In  vain  did  the 
Colonels  endeavor  to  keep  the  news  a  secret — it  spread 
rapidly  through  the  ranks ;  and  as  the  men  were  tired, 
fatigued,  and  weary,  waiting  under  arms  since  five 
o'clock — the  thermometer  up  to  95,  this  communication 


OF  ja:mes  :s[OXROe.  211 

tended  to  throw  a  slight  damj:*  upon  the  enthusiasm  of 
the  men.  However,  the  cheers  of  the  assemblage  for  the 
Seventh,  gave  fresh  vigor  to  the  Companies,  and  they 
formed  in  line  immediately,  not  one  man  absenting  him- 
self. The  Merchants'  and  other  hotels  in  Cortlandt  street, 
were  filled  with  boarders,  who  gave  the  Regiment  a 
hearty  reception  and  amused  them  with  some  beautiful 
operatic  airs  whilst  they  waited. 

After  twelve  o'clock  the  line  was  again  formed,  and 
marched  down  to  the  Battery;  still  accompanied  by 
thousands.  The  Seventh  Regiment  and  Seventy-first 
Regiment  lined  Broadway  from  Trinity  Church  down  to 
the  Battery — the  National  Guard  troop  taking  its  posi- 
tion near  the  church.  Broadway  down  to  Pier  No.  1 
was  literally  jammed  with  pedestrians,  and  presented  an 
appearance  which  few  ever  before  witnessed.  The  side- 
walks were  covered  with  fatigued  and  sleepy  bodies, 
lying  in  all  directions,  whilst  the  centre  of  the-  street  was 
filled  by  the  military,  whose  shining  costumes  and  glisten- 
ing muskets  lent  a  martial  appearance  to  the  scene. 
Near  the  Camden  and  Amboy  dock — Pier  Xo.  1 — the 
scene  was  one  of  impatience — hundreds  straining  their 
eager  eyes  to  catch  a  glimpse  of  a  light  coming  up  the 
river.  Many  ludicrous  scenes  happened  during  the  even- 
ing— once  or  twice  a  tug-boat  would  be  mistaken  for  the 
expected  steamer,  and  as  she  slowly  steamed  up  the 
North  River  would  receive  the  spontaneous  cheers  of 
those  on  shore.  At  two  o'clock,  however,  a  dim  light 
was  discovered  slowly  approaching  up  the  bay.  Cheers 
from  all  sides  announced  that  all  were  confident  the 
Seventh  were  on  board.  She  silently  approached,  until 
when  off  Castle  Garden  several  rockets  and  Roman  can- 
dles were  fired  from  the  shore.  A  feeble  cheer  was  heard 
in  response,  and  a  moment  after  the  air  was  filled  with  a 
deafening  shout  of  welcome,  which  was  repeated  again 
and  again  by  those  up  Broadway.     The  steamer  proved 


212  REMOVAL  ^F  THE  REMAINS 

to  be  the  Transport,  of  the  Amboy  line,  and  she  several 
times  acknowledged  the  enthusiastic  cheers  by  blowing 
her  steam-whistle. 

After  the  lapse  of  half  an  hour,  about  forty  of  the 
Seventh  made  their  appearance  outside  the  dock-gate, 
and  were  immediately  seized  by  their  friends  and  con- 
gratulated upon  their  safe  arrival.  They  looked  tired 
and  worn  out,  and  seemed  to  need  rest.  In  a  short  time 
all  was  quiet,  until  the  gates  were  thrown  open  and  the 
band  of  the  Regiment  emerged  playing  one  of  the  regi- 
mental marches,  accompanied  by  the  members  of  the 
Regiment.  The  reception  they  received  was  deafening. 
Fire-works  were  sent  up  from  the  adjoining  stores ;  and 
one  gentleman,  more  enthusiastic  than  the  rest,  accom- 
panied the  Seventh  in  his  carriage,  firing  off  Roman  can- 
dles in  rapid  succession,  and  lustily  welcoming  the  gallant 
Company.  The  Seventh  then  proceeded  up  Broadway, 
the  band  playing  in  admirable  style,  and  with  great  effect, 
"  La  Figlia  del  Regimento  " — the  Seventy -first  and  Sev- 
enth Regiments  being  drawn  up  in  line,  and  presenting 
arms.  After  marching  to  Trinity  Church,  they  halted  in 
close  file.  The  Regiments  then  passed  them  on  a  quick 
march  in  the  following  order,  each  Company  saluting  the 
Seventh  and  welcoming  them  with  loud  cheers : 

Police. 

Troop  of  National  Guard. 

Seventy-first  Regiment  with  Drummers  and  Band. 

Seventh  Regiment  Escort. 

City  Guard. 

The  Seventh  then  fell  in  and  marched  up  Broadway. 

There  was  a  fine  pyrotechnic  display  at  the  Michigan 
Railroad  office,  corner  of  Cortlandt  street ;  when  the  Sev- 
enth passed,  hundreds  of  rockets  and  torpedoes  were 
fired,  and  in  the  illumination  a  large  flag  could  be  dis- 


OF   JAMES    MOXKOE.  213 

covered  in  front  of  the  office,  with  the  following  inscrip- 
tion : 

WELCOME   HOME. 

The  Astor  House  was  in  a  perfect  blaze  of  light.  From 
every  window  in  front,  even  the  bed-rooms,  streams  of 
fire  gushed  forth,  illuminating  the  Park  and  the  sur- 
rounding buildings.  All  descriptions  of  fire-works  were 
called  into  requisition,  and  the  cheers  of  the  occupants 
of  the  hotel  were  enthusiastic.  Several  gentlemen  fired 
revolvers  from  their  rooms,  and  welcomed  the  Regiment 
with  continued  cheering.  The  Park  was  also  crowded, 
and  Broadway,  up  to  the  guard-room  in  University  Place, 
where  the  Regiment  meet,  presented  similar  scenes. 
When  the  line  reached  the  guard-room  the  different 
Regiments  were  dismissed,  it  being  after  three  o'clock. 


OPINIONS    OF    THE    PRESS. 

Compliments  paid  to  the  National  Guard,  during  their  Southern 
Tour,  in  Richmond,  Washington,  etc. ;  with  Comments  regard- 
ing the  Favorable  Results  of  their  Visit,  etc. 

FROM    NEW-YORK    AND    RICHMOND    PAPERS. 

The  visit  of  the  New- York  Seventh  Regiment  to  Rich- 
mond has  been  the  occasion  for  numerous  editorials, 
North  and  South,  on  the  good  resulting  from  such  unions 
of  the  j)eople  of  both  sections.  One  of  them,  containing 
a  great  deal  of  truth,  and  well  written,  we  take  from 
the  New-  York  Express  : 

The  North  and  the  South  :  The  Real  Feeling. — ^The  reciprocal 
kindness  between  the  citizens  of  New- York  and  the  citizens  of  Vir- 
ginia, of  which  the  recent  removal  of  the  ashes  of  the  late  President 
Monroe  has  been  the  occasion,  is  one  of  the  most  agreeable  incidents 
of  the  times.  It  will  do  good.  It  will  teach  the  people  of  the  North 
that  Southern  gratitude,  Southern  kindness,  and  Southern  chivalry, 


214  REMOVAL    i)F    THE    EEMAI^•S 

are  things  which  have  an  existence  beyond  buncombe  speeches  in 
Congress,  and  editorial  essays  in  nullification  journals.  On  the  other 
hand,  it  will  teach  our  countrymen  of  the  Old  Dominion,  and  of  the 
whole  South,  that,  outside  the  "  scurvy  politician's"  circle,  the  peo- 
ple of  ISTew-York,  and  the  people  of  the  North,  are  animated  by  a 
^  >  patriotic  affection  and  a  fraternal  regai'd  for  them,  which  recognizes 

no  lines  of  latitude  or  longitude.  Ours  is  such  a  vast  country — so 
wide  in  territorial  extent-^that  it  is  no  wonder  so  many  of  us  are 
strangers  to  each  other — no  wonder  that  the  dweller  on  the  Hudson, 
or  the  Connecticut,  or  the  Merrimac,  should  ex^^eriencc  only  a  con- 
ventional sympathy,  and  a  conventional  affection,  for  his  brethren 
on  the  Chesapeake,  the  Alabama,  or  the  Gulf.  We  need  to  know 
more  of  each  other.  We  know  a  good  deal  of  each  other  already', 
it  is  true — ^but  the  bulk  of  that  knowledge  is  filtered  through  the 
medium  of  abolition  and  nullification  speeches  in  Congress,  and  upon 
the  stump,  or  through  the  murky  rays  of  a  partisan  newspaper  press. 
Book  or  newspaper  knowledge  of  a  remote  people,  even  when  de- 
rived from  unquestionable  authorities,  is,  at  best,  but  a  poor  substi- 
tute for  one's  own  personal  experience  and  observation.  We  live  in 
an  age  of  electric  telegraphs,  which  transmit  thought  and  sentiment 
as  quick  as  lightning;  but  lightning,  if  it  can  annihilate  space,  can 
not  move  the  feelings  like  a  warm  grasp  of  the  hand ;  it  can  not 
stir  the  nobler  impulses  of  our  nature  as  do  words  erchanged  by 
affection,  face  to  face ;  nor  can  it  kindle  those  electric  fires  which 
light  up  the  ej^e  of  friendship,  and  leave  their  impression  long  in  the 
future,  deep  and  indelible,  superior  to  all  the  circumstances  of  sepa- 
ration and  the  obliterating  operations  of  time.  The  real  people  of 
this  country — the  masses,  we  mean — really  know  but  very  little  of 
one  another,  and  it  is  unquestionably  in  this  want  of  familiarity  and 
intercourse,  that  the  j^rofessional  demagogue  finds  it  so  easy  to  ex- 
cite the  prejudices  of  one  section  against  another,  in  order  to  pro- 
mote the  sinister  purpose  of  a  selfish  ambition.  A  stranger  coming 
among  us,  and  listening,  say,  to  the  declamation  of  the  sectional 
agitators  in  the  Senate,  or  House  of  Representatives,  to  the  unkind 
epithets  applied  by  the  gentleman  from  Virginia  to  the  gentleman 
from  New-York,  and  vice  versd,  might  be  pai-doned  the  inference  that 
the  two  sovereign  States  thus  represented  were  all  the  while  at 
swords'  points,  and  could  entertain  but  one  sentiment  towards  each 
other,  that  of  cordial  resentment  and  hate.  But  if  that  stranger  had 
been  in  Richmond  one  day  last  week — a  few  hours'  journey  from  the 
Federal  Capitol — and  belield  the  genuine  brotherly  affection  which 
distinguished  every  thing  that  took  place  there,  he  would  naturally 


OF    JAMES    MONROE.  215 

infer  that  the  politicians  at  Washington  constitute  a  class  of  humanity 
wholly  distinct  from  the  masses  of  the  citizens  at  large.  He  would 
see  that  we  are  all  friends,  not  enemies;  brothers,  not  strangers ;  one 
people,  not  twain.  He  would  see — and  ourselves  may  see — that, 
whenever  there  is  opportunity  to  reach  the  hearts  of  the  people  of 
these  opposite  sections — as  in  the  case  of  this  visit  of  our  Seventh 
Regiment  to  Richmond — the  individual  beating  of  that  heart  are  all 
for  unity,  and  friendship,  and  peace,  and  good  will,  irrespective  of 
geographical  lines,  or  the  peculiar  local  distinctions  of  different  social 
institutions. 

The  Union. — Such  a  celebration  as  that  of  the  last  national  anni- 
versary in  Richmond,  will  do  more  for  the  cause  of  union  than  a 
thousand  Fourth-of-July  orations,  "What  more  suitable  commemo- 
ration of  the  birth-day  of  Independence  than  such  fraternization  of 
the  soldiers  and  citizens  of  North  and  South  ?  Who  would  wish  to 
see  these  friendly  bayonets  arrayed  against  each  other;  these  bro- 
therly embraces  exchanged  for  the  grapple  of  mortal  hate?  Let 
the  politicians  scheme  as  they  will,  the  people  love  each  other,  and 
will  take  care  of  the  Union. 

The  Seventh  Regiment. — The  visit  of  this  splendid  regiment  to 
Virginia  has  elicited  one  universal  and  enthusiastic  outburst  of  ad- 
miration and  applause.  It  was  every  where  said,  that  much  as  we 
had  heard  of  the  magnificent  drill  and  discipline  of  this  crack  regi- 
ment of  New-York,  the  half  had  not  been  told  us.  Their  whole  ap- 
pearance and  bearing,  both  as  soldiers  and  as  gentlemen,  has  taken 
every  body  by  storm.  We  really  can  not  conceive  of  greater  per- 
fection in  drill,  in  uniformity  and  precision  of  movement.  The  Re- 
giment moved  like  one  man,  like  an  exquisite  and  perfect  machine, 
the  effect  of  the  whole  being  heightened  by  the  perfect  simplicity 
and  unpretending  character  of  their  uniform. 

Uninstructed  ourselves  in  the  military  art,  we  had  the  curiosity  to 
inquire  of  a  veteran  officer  and  an  accomplished  gentleman,  one 
whom  old  "  Rough  and  Ready"  considered  one  of  the  best  drill  offi- 
cers in  the  army  of  the  United  States,  what  he  thought  of  the 
Seventh  Regimeu.t,  and  how  it  would  compare  in  drill  with  a  regi- 
ment in  the  regular  army.  "Sir,"  said  the  veteran,  "there  is  not 
one  regular  regiment  in  a  hundred  that  will  compare  in  drill  with 
the  Seventh  Regiment.  It  is  impossible  that  it  should  be  otherwise. 
You  can  never  make  regular  soldiers  feel  the  personal  pride  which 
has  led  the  gentlemen  who  compose  that  Regiment  to  the  perfection 
they  have  attained.     I  do  not  know  their  Colonel,  but  I  know  from 


216  KEMOTAL  bF    THE   KEMAJXS 

the  manner  in  which  he  handles  the  Seventh  that  he  is  a  soldier  all 
over."  If  Colonel  Duryee  and  his  gallant  men  knew  from  whom 
that  compliment  proceeded,  they  would  consider  it  as  pretty  a  fea- 
ther as  they  have  worn  in  their  caps  this  many  a  day.  Indeed,  the 
fact  that  such  splendid  efficiency  is  attainable  under  the  volunteer , 
system,  is  a  most  encouraging  proof  of  the  capacity  of  this  countrv 
to  defend  itself  against  a  world  in  arms. 

Vi^e  hope  that  the  late  celebration  will  tend  to  strengthen  the 
bonds  of  amity  and  love  between  the  Empire  State  and  the  Old 
Dominion.  The  Seventh  carries  with  it  the  highest  admiration  and 
respect  of  our  community,  as  gentlemen  not  less  than  soldiers,  and 
its  presence  on  this  soil,  under  such  generous  impulses,  such  patriotic 
inspirations,  under  a  common  and  glorious  flag,  teaches  a  moral  of 
union  and  power,  which  the  enemies  of  America  abroad  may  study 
with  interest,  with  benefit  to  themselves,  and  with  advantage  to  the 
peace  of  the  world. — A  Richfnond pajjer. 

The  Yoluntebr  System. — The  development  of  the  volunteer  ele- 
ment in  the  Mexican  contest,  and  the  demonstration  of  its  wonder 
ful  power  and  efficiency  in  actual  warfare,  startled  alike  our  own 
countrymen  and  foreign  nations.  The  militia  had  always  been  a 
laughing  stock,  both  in  England  and  America,  notwithstanding  its 
native  courage  and  hard}'  habits,  and  the  occasional  splendid  tri- 
umphs achieved,  both  in  the  Kevolution  and  the  late  war,  by  an  un- 
disciplined yeomanry.  Bunker  Hill  and  the  battle  of  New-Orleans 
showed  what  can  be  sometimes  effected  by  militia.  In  the  latter 
battle  the  deadliest  fire  of  the  fight  came  from  the  raw  Tennes- 
seeans,  who  composed  the  American  centre.  The  British  officers, 
who  had  been  advised  by  an  American  deserter  to  direct  their  prin- 
cipal efforts  against  the  American  centre,  because  it  was  composed 
of  militia,  were  convinced  by  the  terrible  reception  they  met,  that 
the  centre  was  composed  of  regulars,  and,  believing  that  the  de- 
serter had  willfully  deceived  them,  they  hung  him  to  the  first  tree ! 
Xotwithstanding  this  brilliant  proof  of  the  efficiency  of  militia,  the 
country  has  never  put  much  faith  in  their  capacity  for  action  in  the 
open  field.  It  remained  for  the  Mexican  war  to  prove  that  the 
militia,  well  disciplined,  is  the  mo&t  powerful  military  arm  which 
this  or  any  other  country  can  possess.  The  volunteers  of  Mexico, 
drilled  and  commanded  partly  by  graduates  of  West  Point,  of  the 
Virginia  Military  Institute,  and  of  other  military  schools,  but  prin- 
cipally officered  by  gentlemen  who  had  received  no  military  educa- 
tion, proved  that,  whether  in  the  open  field  or  in  fortifications,  tlie 
citizen-soldiers  of  America  are  fully  able  to  maintain  the  honor  of 


OF  JAMES   MONROE.  217 

their  country.  The  battle  of  Buena  Vista  was  fought  principally 
by  volunteers,  and  the  same  description  of  force  composed  a  great 
portion  of  General  Scott's  victorious  and  conquering  column. 

Let  it  once  be  shown  that  volunteer  regiments  can  be  made  equal 
in  drill  and  discipline  to  regulars,  and  we  may  congratulate  our- 
selves upon  possessing  inexhaustible  military  resources  in  the  United 
States.  The  Mexican  war  demonstrated  that  important  fact;  and 
the  New-York  Regiment,  which  lately  visited  this  city,  is  certainly 
not  surpassed,  if  equalled,  in  military  perfection  by  any  regiment  in 
the  United  States  Army.  "We  have  in  Virginia  great  facilities  for 
the  establishment  of  this  description  of  force.  The  Virginia  Mili- 
tary Institute  is  a  splendid  school  for  officers,  and  it  only  needs  the 
proper  encouragement  and  support  of  the  volunteer  system  by  the 
Legislature,  and  the  community,  to  insure  to  Virginia  an  army  of 
citizen-soldiers,  of  which  any  country  might  be  proud.  The  small 
volunteer  force  of  Richmond,  in  its  military  spirit  and  discipline,  is 
an  honor  to  the  State,  and  it  ought  to  receive  the  active  sympathy 
and  cooperation  of  the  people  to  make  it  what  it  ought  to  be  in 
numbers  as  well  as  efficiency.  Our  gallant  volunteers  and  their  ac- 
complished officers  have  had  to  struggle  against  unusual  discourage- 
ments, but  we  trust  the  late  military  exhibition  in  this  city  will  have 
the  effect  of  awakening  the  martial  pride  of  the  community,  and 
stimulating  them  to  an  ai;tive  and  generous  support  of  the  volunteer 
corps.  They  are  not  mere  holiday  warriors,  of  no  practical  value, 
but  soldiers,  capable  of  doing  all  that  regulars  can  do,  if  they  re- 
ceive that  svibstantial  aid  and  comfort  which  they  justly  merit,  and 
which  the  community  owes  to  its  own  interests  to  bestow. — Rich- 
mond Despatch.  » 

The  Seventh  Regiment  of  New-York  were  escorted  to  the  Capitol 
Square,  yesterday  morning,  by  detachments  of  companies  from  the 
First  Regiment,  and  there,  in  the  presence  of  a  large  number  of 
spectators,  went  through  the  drill,  to  the  infinite  delight  of  all  who 
saw  their  accuracy  of  movement.  During  the  forenoon,  the  Regi- 
ment was  passed  in  review  by  Governor  Wise,  attended  by  two  of 
his  staff,  and  Colonel  August,  and  at  the  conclusion  of  the  drill  were 
furnished  with  a  collation  by  the  Greys,  under  the  shade-trees  in  the 
south-west  corner  of  the  Square.  The  variouB  companies  in  the  Re- 
giment were  then  escorted  to  their  quarters. — Richmond  Despatch. 

Capture  and  Detention  of  a  New-Yorker. — ^Mr.  John  L.  Hillman, 
a  member  of  Company  8,  Seventh  Regiment,  New- York  National 
Guard,  arrived  at  the  American  Hotel,  in  this  city,  on  Thursday,  the 
22d  July. 

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218  REMOVAL  9F  THE  REMAINS 

Some  of  the  Greys  and  Blues,  having  ascertained  that  Mr.  Hillman 
was  among  us,  immediately  proceeded  to  his  quarters  and  tock  pos- 
session ©f  him.  In  the  evening  he  "was  entertained  at  a  champagne 
supper  at  Zetello's,  where  the  hosts  and  their  guest  had  a  most 
happy  time  of  it.  Yesterday,  Mr.  Hillman  was  given  in  charge  of  a 
committee,  with  strict  instructions  not  to  lose  sight  of  him,  or  per- 
mit him  to  return  to  New-York  in  the  evening  as  he  contemplated. 

Mr.  Hillman  visited  Military  Hall  last  evening,  during  the  Greys' 
drill,  and  after  that  was  again  sumptuously  entertained  at  a 
supper. 

He  will  return  to  I:s"ew-York  to-day,  and  will  be  under  the  guid- 
ance of  his  friends  until  the  moment  of  his  departure. 

Mr.  Hillman  was  on  his  return  from  a  business  trip  to  a  remote 
part  of  the  State,  having  obtained  a  furlough  for  the  purpose  from 
his  Colonel  when  the  Regiment  was  here. — Richmond  South,  July  24. 

The  Virginia  Military. — ^The  recent  visit  of  the  Seventh  Regiment 
of  Xew-York  to  our  city,  it  is  to  be  hoped,  will  have  a  good  eflfect 
on  our  volunteer  organization.  AVe  could  but  regard  the  simple 
uniform  of  the  entire  Regiment,  and  the  nes^  and  unostentatious 
dress  of  its  officers,  as  presenting  a  wide  contrast  with  the  parti- 
colored line  of  our  volunteers,  and  the  fine  decorations  and  pompous 
display  which  meet  the  eye  in  surveying  our  regimental  parades. 
Then  to  think  that  we  have  but  tico  regiments  !  Two  regiments  of 
a  military  force  much  too  small  for  one !  Two  regiments  out-num- 
bered by  a  little  more  than  half  a  one  from  New-York !  The  officers 
out  of  all  proportion  to  the  privates  ! 

We  have  not  a  doubt  that  the  volunteer  force  of  the  city  would 
be  strengthened,  would  be  increased  in  numbers  and  improved  in 
discipline,  if  they  would  consolidate  themselves  into  one  regiment, 
abandon  their  uniforms,  and  adopt  a  new  and  plain  dress  for  the 
whole  body  of  soldiers. 

The  advantages  of  such  a  revolution  must  be  apparent  to  all  who 
have  any  knowledge  of  military  matters — nay,  even  to  those  who 
are  not  conversant  with  them,  but  who  yet,  as  simple  lookers-on, 
can  readily  perceive  how  neatness,  order,  and  discipline  would  be 
promoted  by  it. 

Our  present  organization  must  always  be  subject  to  misunder- 
standings, jealousies,  and  miserable  rivalries.  The  reformation  would 
produce  harmonj^  and  generous  emulation  instead. 

Let  our  volunteers  imitate  the  noble  example  of  their  New- York 
guests,  and  they  may  come  to  rival  them  in  discipline,  and  all  the 
attributes  of  the  soldier.     They  have  as  fine  material  as  any  city 


OF    JAMES    MONKOK.  219 

oan  boast,  and  it  only  wants  the  proper  organization  to  prove  it. 
Can  not  the  subject  be  taken  seriously  into  consideration  by  the 
field  and  company  officers  of  the  regiment?  We  trust  they  will 
give  it  their  attention,  and  that  their  superiors  will  also  confer  with 
them,  and  endeavor  to  bring  it  about.  Richmond  is  the  largest  city 
in  the  State,  and  may  set  the  fashion  in  military  affairs.  The  moral 
effect  of  a  properly  drilled  and  properly  dressed  regiment  here 
would  be  decided  throughout  the  State.  Such  an  organization  would 
be  an  important  foundation  to  build  upon  in  any  exigency  that  may 
arise. — Richmond  Despatch. 


FROM  WASHINGTON  PAPERS. 

The  Seve>-th  ix  Washingtox. — The  performance  of  the  troops,  at 
the  review  by  the  President,  excited  universal  admiration,  and  there 
was  not  an  army  officer  on  the  ground  who  did  not  envy  Colonel 
Duryee  his  command.  One  of  them,  and  a  veteran,  too,  remarked 
that  there  was  no  Regiment  equal  to  it  in  the  regular  army.  Many 
of  the  volunteers  who  were  on  the  ground,  declared  they  would 
never  parade  again,  and  that  the  visit  of  the  Seventh  was  the  death- 
knell  of  the  military  of  Washington.  We  hope  not,  but  rather  that, 
as  they  have  witnessed  the  result  of  drill  and  perseverance,  they 
will  profit  by  it,  and  imitate  the  example  of  the  best-drilled  regi- 
ment in  this  country. 

After  the  review  was  over,  the  Regiment  were  escorted,  by  the 
officers  of  the  District  Volunteers,  to  the  favorite  East  Room  of  the 
White  House,  when  Colonel  Duryee  was  introduced  to  the  President 
by  Colonel  Hickey,  and  the  entire  Regiment  had  an  opportunity  of 
shaking  hands  with  "  Old  Buck."  It  was  an  interesting  sight  to 
witness  the  graceful  manner  in  which  the  President  greeted  them, 
and,  from  the  heightened  color  and  sparkling  eyes  of  the  gallant 
fellows,  we  fancied  the  pleasure  was  mutual.  When  Dr.  Weston, 
the  acting  chaplain  of  the  Regiment,  and  recently  elected  Bishop  of 
Texas,  was  introduced,  the  President,  after  shaking  hands  with  him, 
said  it  was  very  well  for  them  to  take  a  chaplain  along,  but  he  did 
not  believe  they  needed  the  doctor's  services  to  keep  them  in  order. 
In  regard  to  the  morals  of  these  gentlemen,  the  Mayor  of  Richmond 
says  he  has  never,  since  he  has  been  with  them,  heard  an  oath  or 
witnessed  any  thing  in  their  conduct  which  in  the  slightest  degree 
could  be  condemned.  What  higher  compliment  could  he  pay 
them? — Union. 


220  REMOVAL    OP^THE   REMAINS 

The  District  Volunteers. — Fiat  justitia,  mat  codum. — As  charges 
of  inattention  to  the  gallant  visitors  from  New- York  have  been 
made  in  our  city  against  its  volunteers,  justice  demanded  an  inquiry 
into  the  facts,  and  we  are  happy  to  find  that  all  was  done  that  could, 
in  reason,  have  been  required  of  them.  It  appears  that  as  soon  as 
it  was  intimated  that  the  K'ational  Guard  might  visit  Washington, 
their  Colonel,  in  New- York,  was  telegraphed  for  information,  and 
replied  that  they  had  not  definitely  determined.  After  their  arrival 
in  Richmond,  the  Colonel  and  other  g^^ntlemen  were  again  tele- 
graphed, and  it  was  only  on  Tuesday,  the  6th  instant,  that  our  vo- 
lunteers had  reliable  information  that  the  New-York  Regiment  would 
visit  Washington,  and,  from  the  best  calculation  that  could  be  made, 
the  visitors  were  expected  late  on  Tuesday  evening,  or  very  early 
on  Wednesday  morning,  at  our  landing.  Orders  were  accordingly 
given  for  assembling  our  volunteers  at  six  o'clock  on  Wednesday 
morning,  and  aid  was  solicited  from  the  War  and  Navy  Departments, 
and  generously  responded  to  by  the  distinguished  heads  of  those 
departments,  the  former  granting  the  services  of  a  corps  of  ordnance 
soldiers  as  artillerists  to  fire  salutes,  and  the  use  of  the  arsenal 
grounds  for  receiving  the  visitors,  and  the  latter  granting  the  ser- 
vices of  a  fine  company  of  Marines,  under  two  gallant  young  offi- 
cers, Lieutenants  Wilson  and  Schermerhorn,  together  with  the  whole 
of  that  noble  band  which  is  an  object  of  just  pride  to  the  gallant 
and  veteran  soldier  commanding  that  distinguished  corps.  All  these 
were  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Colonel  commanding,  to  aid  the 
city  volunteers,  in  a  becoming  manner,  to  receive  Colonel  Duryee 
and  his  Regiment.  Such  acts,  by  these  Departments,  must  be  viewed 
as  courteous  and  kind  to  our  city  volunteers,  and  highly  compli- 
mentary to  the  Seventh  Regiment,  whose  character  for  military  dis- 
cipline and  moral  deportment  will  alwaj'S  be  a  passport  to  notice 
and  favor  by  the  Government  and  their  fellow-citizens  in  all  parts 
of  the  country.  Owing  to  the  shortness  of  the  notice,  but  parts  of 
six  companies  of  our  volunteers  assembled,  and  were  marched,  with 
the  regular  troops,  to  the  beautiful  Arsenal  grounds,  where,  after 
paying  the  usual  compliments  to  the  gallant  commandant,  Major 
Ramsby,  they  were  formed  in  line  on  the  green  parapet  facing  the 
line  of  the  expected  approach  of  the  steamer  conveying  the  New- 
York  Regiment.  The  Major  kindly  extended  such  hospitalities  as  his 
means  at  the  post  enabled  him  to  bestow.  (The  emoluments  of  this 
post  are  altogether  inadequate.)  The  troops  remained  in  these 
grounds  the  whole  day  and  until  a  late  hour,  and  not  knowing  at 
what  time  the  visitors  would  arrive,  information  liaving  been  re- 
ceived that  their  steamer  had  got  aground  a  considcraljle  distance 


OP   JAMES   MONKOE.  221 

down  the  Potomac,  it  was  determined  to  march  the  city  troops  in 
and  dismiss  them,  and,  as  the  visitors  would  come  in  detachments 
and  at  unknown  hours  of  the  night,  no  orders  for  the  reassembling 
of  the  city  troops  were  given,  it  being  judged  most  advisable,  under 
all  the  circumstances,  to  form  an  escort  of  our  officers  for  the  Seventh 
Regiment  in  its  movements  in  the  city  on  Thursday,  thereby  leaving 
the  visitors  free  from  the  dust  that  would  be  raised  by  the  cavalry 
and  artillery  horses  of  the  escort,  and  which  would  have  been  very 
annoying  and  oppressive  to  them.  This  accounts  for  the  District 
Volunteers,  etc.,  not  being  under  arms  when  the  New- York  troops 
arrived,  and  not  being  in  the  column  as  an  escort  on  Thursday^ 
which  was  all  explained  to  the  accomplished  and  gallant  Colonel 
Duryee,  and  declared  to  be  entirely  satisfactory  and  acceptable  to 
himself  and  his  command,  and  the  discretion  and  propriety  of  this 
course  will  not  be  questioned  by  any  true  friend  of  the  volunteers 
or  of  the  city.  Had  the  Se\enth  Regiment  arrived  as  expected,  on 
"Wednesday,  they  would  have  been  invited,  on  the  part  of  our  volun- 
teers, to  a  handsome  entertainment  at  the  National  Hotel  after  their 
review  by  the  President.  The  movement  of  such  a  body  of  volun- 
teers through  the  country  must  have  a  salutary  effect  upon  the  vo- 
lunteers of  every  locality.  It  establishes  in  their  minds  a  standard 
of  discipline  and  excellence  which  they  will  endeavor  to  imitate. 
Too  much,  however,  ought  not  to  be  expected  where  equal  opportu- 
nities, advantages,  and  length  of  experience  have  not  been  enjoyed 
in  other  places.  Taking  all  the  other  towns  and  cities  in  the  Union 
together,  and  perhaps  but  few,  if  any,  of  their  military  organiza- 
tions would  come  up  to  the  standard  of  discipline  and  excellence  of 
the  Seventh  Regiment  of  the  National  Guard  of  New- York.  This  fact, 
however,  should  not  prevent  every  reasonable  effort  of  the  volun- 
teers in  all  parts  of  the  country  to  imitate  them.  To  effect  this,  the 
volunteers  themselves  must  give  their  time  and  attention  to  the 
subject ;  the  non-commissioned,  the  subaltern,  and  company  officers 
must  bestow  a  still  greater  attention,  and  qualify  themselves  for 
their  respective  positions,  otherwise  the  privates  will  lose  confidence 
in  them,  and  their  companies,  as  has  been  witnessed,  will  fall  off, 
and  lose  their  spirit.  In  the  Seventh  Regiment  every  company  has 
its  own  drills  and  arrangements  separately,  and  every  officer  of  each 
understands  his  duty,  so  that,  when  they  are  assembled  together  in 
battalion,  it  is  an  easy  task  for  the  commander  to  drill  and  manoeuvre 
them,  every  officer  knowing  how  to  direct  his  company  to  execute 
the  orders  given.  An  important  point  in  forming  a  regiment  is  to 
liave  all  the  companies  uniformed  alike,  otherwise  they  can  not  be 
equalized  for  battalion  movements  or  drill,  and  therefore  can  not 
manoeuvre  with  accuracy  or  regularity,  even  should  the  company 


222  REMOVAL    0P\  THE   REMAINS 

officers  understand  their  duty.  Under  all  these  disadvantages  & 
generous  feeling  of  indulgence  or  forbearance  might,  charitably,  be 
extended  towards  an  officer  having  the  command  of  a  regiment  in 
-which  every  company  has  exercised  its  own  fancy  in  adopting  uni- 
forms, and  in  which,  with  a  few  creditable  exceptions,  neither  the 
volunteers  nor  their  officers  have  given  the  proper  attention  to  their 
military  improvement.  It  is  to  be  hoped,  however,  that  all  the  in- 
ertness and  irregularity  have  been  removed  by  the  example  so  re- 
cently placed  before  them,  and  that  the  companies,  one  by  one,  com- 
mencing on  the  right,  will  recuperate  and  put  "  their  own  shoulders 
to  the  wheel,"  and  then,  by  adopting  the  same  uniform  for  all  the 
companies,  they  may  expect  to  have  a  regiment  worthy  of  our  city, 
to  be  founded  on  the  principles  of  military  knowledge  and  efficiency, 
retiring  all  officers  and  men  who  either  have  not,  can  not,  or  will 
not  acquire  the  proper  qualifications  for  their  respective  positions, 
repudiating  insubordination,  mischievous  intrigues,  and  the  machi- 
nations of  unfounded  ambition,  which  are  the  bane  and  evil  of  any 
military  organization. 

The  K^atioxal  Guard,  Seventh  Regiment,  N.Y.S.M.  :  A  Few  Re- 
marks ON  OUR  Late  Visitors. — The  telegraph  yesterday  announced 
the  reception  at  home  of  the  Seventh  Regiment.  The  account  was 
read  with  thrilling  interest  by  thousands ;  for  every  where  on  their 
late  route  every  man,  woman,  and  child  knew  how  richly  the  honors 
•were  deserved. 

We  feel  safe  in  asserting  that  this  corps  of  citizen-soldiers  are  un- 
surpassed in  this  or  any  other  country.  Officers  of  the  United  States 
army,  residing  here,  openly  assert  that  they  have  never  seen  them 
equalled  for  discipline,  drill,  and  military  bearing.  Although  sub- 
jected to  many  grievous  annoyances  on  their  return,  and  a  delay  of 
three  daj-s  beyond  the  time  fixed,  not  a  complaint  was  uttered  ;  but 
each  member  appeared  to  be  impressed  with  the  idea  that  it  was  a 
part  of  a  soldier's  duty  to  take  every  thing  as  it  came,  and  make  the 
best  of  it. 

To  give  an  idea  how  this  corps  arrived  at  such  a  state  of  unity  and 
perfection,  we  will  relate  one  or  two  incidents  which  transpired  here. 
It  is  customary  in  military  organizations,  to  carrj-  fatigue-caps  at- 
tached to  the  belt  while  on  a  march:  but  this  custom  is  utterly  ig- 
nored by  Colonel  Durj^ee,  as  it  gives  a  swinging  motion  to  the  sol- 
dier. Discovering  one  company  with  their  caps  thus  attached,  he 
dismissed  them  from  the  line,  and  ordered  the  articles  to  be  packed 
in  their  knapsacks,  and  then  fall  in. 

An  officer,  while  at  the  railroad  depot,  was  dilatory  in  repeating 
an  order  to  his  command ;  he  was  immediately  placed  in  arrest,  and 


OF   JAMES  .  MOXROE.  223 

his  sword  taken  from  him.  A  soldier  was  slow  in  grounding  his 
musket,  when  he  was  arrested,  and  his  arm  placed  in  keeping  of  tlie 
sergeant. 

Some  of  the  men  were  so  unfortunate  as  to  pack  their  white  panta- 
loons in  their  trunks,  and  were  left  on  board  the  Ericsson.  They 
were  relieved  from  parade  during  their  stay  in  our  city,  nor  were 
they  permitted  to  visit  Mount  Vernon  with  the  rest  of  the 
Regiment. 

These  little  circumstances  indicate  the  vigilance  necessary  in  the 
commander  of  such  a  corps ;  and  our  own  volunteers  should  learn 
a  lesson  from  their  perfection.  To  show  the  degree  of  forbearance 
practised  among  the  men,  we  will  relate  but  one  incident.  As  the 
Collyer  lay  alongside  the  Mount  Yernon,  discharging  the  soldiers 
into  the  latter  boat,  on  their  return  from  their  visit  to  "Washington's 
tomb,  one  of  the  men  attempted  to  get  on  board  in  rear  of  the  wheel. 
He  was  accosted  by  some  person  connected  with  the  boat  in  a  blunt 
tone  of  command,  and  ordered  to  go  back.  The  soldier  looked  at 
the  man  for  a  moment,  and  a  flash  of  indignation  spread  over  his 
countenance.  It  was  momentary,  however.  He  quietly  got  back 
on  the  Collyer ;  and,  in  reply  to  a  friend,  he  said :  "  The  man  was 
right ;  I  was  wrong  ;  but  I  didn't  like  the  tone." 

When  off  duty,  the  Guards  did  not,  as  is  customary  among  fa- 
tigued soldiers,  give  themselves  up  to  excessive  jollification,  and 
make  bar-rooms  and  the  streets  reverberate  with  swaggering  vul- 
garity. When  they  indulged  in  stimulants,  it  was  in  a  very  mode- 
rate degree;  and  their  every  action  in  public  marked  thera  gen- 
tlemen. 

No  wonder  that  New- York  is  proud  of  her  Seventh  Regiment ! 
No  wonder  that  they  were  every  where  on  their  route  treated  with 
distinguished  consideration.  No  wonder  that  the  ladies  of  Richmond 
turned  out  en  masse  to  wish  them  farewell !  No  wonder  that  the 
army  officers  felt  proud  in  greeting  them  as  soldiers,  and  honored 
the  review  at  the  Wliitc  House  in  their  full-dress  uniforms. 

We,  as  citizens  of  the  Union,  should  be  proud  of  them,  too;  and, 
more  than  that,  endeavor  to  emulate  them.  It  is  not  only  as  a 
peaceful  establishment  this  Regiment  is  esteemed.  New- York  knows 
that  Colonel  Duryee  and  his  command  can  be  relied  on  in  any  emer- 
gency. The  Astor  Place  riot  shows  that  they  never  shrink  from  a 
soldier's  duty ;  and  the  late  police  difficulties  in  the  Park  owe  their 
bloodless  termination  to  their  presence  and  firmness. 

Can  not  Washington  have  a  corps  like  the  "  National  G-;^-,'  7' 

WasJiington  States,  July  1  3. 


224  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 


THE  DEATH  AND  BURIAL  OF  LAURENS  HAMILTON. 


There  was  but  one  circumstance  which  occurred,  dur- 
ing the  excursion  of  the  National  Guard,  to  mar  the 
pleasure  enjoyed  by  the  Regiment,  and  that  was  the 
melancholy  death  of  young  Laurens  Hamilton,  a  member 
of  Company  6. 

The  deceased  was  the  son  of  Mr.  John  C.  Hamilton,  of 
the  city  of  New- York,  author  of  the  life  of  his  distin- 
guished father,  Alexander  Hamilton,  of  Revolutionary 
renown.  He  received  his  education  at  Columbia  College, 
in  New- York,  at  which  he  graduated  in  1854,  and  was 
aged  twenty-three  years. 

His  character,  amiability,  and  gentlemanly  deportment 
were  testified  to  by  the  officers  and  members  of  his  Regi- 
ment, and  by  all  who  knew  him. 

He  was  named  after  Col.  Henry  Laurens,  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution,  and  a  native  of  the  State  of  South-Caro- 
lina, and  who  was  of  Huguenot  descent,  and  who  served 
in  the  American  war  of  independence  w^th  Alexander 
Hamilton. 

At  the  siege  of  Yorktown,  Col.  Hamilton,  who  had 
commanded  a  battalion  of  light  infantry  during  this  cam- 
paign, led  the  advanced  corps  of  the  Americans,  assisted 
by  Col.  Gimat,  LaFayette's  aid ;  while  Col.  Henry  Lau- 
rens, with  eighty  men,  turned  the  redoubt  in  order  to  in- 
tercept the  retreat  of  the  garrison.  The  works  were  soon 
after  stormed  by  the  Americans,  and  captured  at  the  point 
of  the  bayonet,  Capt.  Aaron  Ogden,  of  New- Jersey,  lead- 
ing the  ciijirge.  Col.  Laurens  was  also  at  one  time  Presi- 
dent of  the  Continental  Congress. 


OF  JAMES   MOXROE.  225 

The  incidents  which  attended  the  death  and  burial  of 
the  lamented  Laurens  Hamilton,  vre  have  compiled  from 
accounts  given  by  the  i^ublic  press. 

We  understand  that  his  health  was  poor  when  he  left 
New-York,  and  that  at  Richmond  he  was  too  feeble  and 
ill  to  take  any  active  part  in  the  ceremonies  of  the  occa- 
sion. 

The  first  tidings  the  National  Guard  had  of  their  loss, 
was  on  their  arrival  at  or  near  Washington,  when  a 
celegraph  dispatch  announced  the  melancholy  event  to 
the  effect  that  one  of  theii*  number  had  been  recovered 
from  the  mouth  of  a  small  creek  emptying  into  James 
River,  near  Richmond.  On  calling  the  roll  of  the  Regi- 
ment, it  was  found  that  the  only  person  missing  was  Lau- 
rens Hamilton,  of  Company  G.  Before  this  information 
reached  Richmond  by  telegraph,  his  remains  had  been 
identified  by  his  name  on  his  belt.  We  take  the  follow- 
ing from  the  Richmond  Despatch  of  July  13th  : 

DEATH   OF    A   MEMBER   OF    THE   NETAT-YOBK    REGI- 
MENT—A SAD  CASUALTY. 

The  deep  sympathies  and  most  unaffected  sorrow  of  our  citizens 
were  aroused  on  yesterday  morning,  by  learning  that  the  body  of  a 
member  of  the  New-York  Seventh  Regiment  had  been  discovered 
floating  in  Gillie's  Creek.  It  proved  to  be  that  of  Laurens  Hamil- 
ton, private  of  Company  6,  and  a  grandson  of  Alexander  Hamilton. 
At  what  time  and  how  the  distressing  casualty  resulting  in  his  death, 
occurred,  it  is  impossible  to  say.  The  information  elicited  at  the 
coroner's  inquest,  threw  little  or  no  light  upon  the  subject.  The 
creek  in  which  the  body  was  found,  enters  James  River  just  below 
the  wharf  where  the  Glen  Cove  was  moored  when  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment embarked  upon  that  steamer  on  Tuesday  night.  The  embark- 
ation took  place  at  half-past  eight  o'clock.  The  watch  found  upon 
the  body  stopped  at  five  minutes  before  nine.  The  steamer  departed 
at  ten  o'clock.  So  that  the  casualty  occurred  after  the  embarkation. 
The  deceased  had  certainly  been  on  board,  as  he  had  divested  him- 
self of  his  knapsack,  cap,  and  arms.  The  noise  of  his  fall  in  the 
water  and  his  cries  for  help,  if  he  uttered  any,  Avere  drowned  by  the 
cheering  and  rattling  drums.  His  body  must  have  been  floated  up 
the  creek  by  the  tide. 

10* 


226  REMOVAL   OF^  THE   REMAINS 

The  deceased  was  missed  at  roll-call,  after  the  departure  of  the 
Glen  Cove,  and  information  of  the  fact  was  given  to  Lieut.  Bossieux, 
of  the  Grays,  by  an  officer  of  the  Sixth  Company,  while  the  Grays 
were  about  taking  a  final  parting  with  their  New-York  friends,  some 
distance  down  the  river,  whither  they  had  gone  on  board  the  Old 
Dominion,  as  our  readers  know,  to  await  the  arrival  of  the  Glen 
Cove.  This  information  occasioned  various  rumors,  one  of  which  was 
that  a  member  of  the  Grays,  named  Hamilton,  was  drowned.  It 
seems  as  if  the  death  of  the  deceased  was  foreshadowed ;  for  even  as 
early  as  Mondaj^  last,  a  rumor  was  in  circulation  that  one  of  the 
Guard  was  drowned  ;  and  the  rumor  of  a  casualty  by  drowning  has 
continued  with  strange  pertinacity,  until  it  terminated  in  the  reality 
of  the  untimely  death  of  this  young  volunteer  from  New-York.  We 
give  below  a  report  of  the  circumstances  of  the  discovery  of  the 
body,  the  proceedings  of  the  Coroner's  inquest,  and  the  prompt 
measures  of  our  volunteers  to  pay  the  proper  respect  to  the  dead. 

The  body  was  discovered  at  four  o'clock  yesterday  morning  in 
Gillie's  Creek.  A  message  was  sent  immediately  to  Coroner  Peachy. 
A  few  members  of  the  Grays  hearing  of  the  discover^'-,  repaired  to 
the  place,  and  being  afterwards  joined  by  a  detachment  of  the  Blues, 
they  removed  the  body  to  a  building  near  by.  No  one  could  recog- 
nize the  deceased  ;  but  as  Lieut.  Bossieux  had  a  card  with  the  name 
of  the  missing  volunteer  given  him  by  an  officer  of  Company  6,  it 
was  concluded  that  it  was  Laurens  Hamilton,  and  this  conclusion  was 
soon  corroborated. 

Dr.  Peachy  held  his  inquest  at  nine  o'clock.  The  body  had  on  the 
uniform  of  the  Guards.  On  the  cross-belt  was  inscribed,  "  L.  Hamilton, 
Co.  6,"  and  on  the  waistband  of  his  drawers  were  L.  H.,  which  satis- 
fied the  jury  as  to  the  identity  of  the  deceased.  The  body  was  with- 
out knapsack  or  body-belt,  and  he  must  have  divested  himself  of  them 
before  falling  overboard.  Dr.  Peachy  made  a  careful  examination  of 
the  body.  No  marks  of  violence  were  found  upon  it.  The  watch 
found  upon  it  had  stopped  at  five  minutes  before  nine  o'clock. 

Tlie  jury  rendered  a  verdict  that  "the  deceased  came  to  his  death 
by  drowning  in  James  River,  on  Tuesday  night,  the  6tli  instant." 

Tlae  military  now  took  charge  of  the  corpse,  detachments  from  each 
company  being  present.  It  was  immediately  shrouded,  and  placed 
in  a  metallic  sarcophagus.  It  was  then  put  on  the  hearse  and  escorted 
to  the  Capitol,  where  it  was  deposited  in  the  rotundo,  under  a  guard 
of  volunteers. 

About  twelve  o'clock,  Col.  Duryee,  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  hav- 
ing been  telegraphed  to  Washington  that  the  body  had  been  found, 
and  that  the  Richmond  military  desired  to  escort  it  to  New-York,  re- 


OF   JAMES   MONROE.  227 

plied,  requesting  that  it  should  be  taken  on  to  New- York  in  the  Ro- 
anoke, where  his  Regiment  would  receive  it  on  Sunday. 

Col.  August  required  a  detail  of  two  men  from  each  company  of 
the  First  Regiment,  as  a  guard  of  honor  to  escort  the  remains  to  New- 
York,  and  this  the  commanders  of  each  proceeded  to  comply  with,  at 
the  same  time  giving  their  members  the  privilege  of  volunteering  for 
the  melancholy  service  in  any  number. 

Lieut.-Col.  Gary  made  the  necessary  arrangements  for  the  trans- 
portation of  the  body  and  the  escort  by  the  steamer  Roanoke,  which 
was  to  sail  at  four  o'clock  P.  M. 

The  news  of  the  discovery  of  the  body  of  young  Hamilton  created 
the  profoundest  sensation  in  this  community,  and  every  mark  of  re- 
gret which  could  be  given  at  the  moment,  was  displayed.  The  flags 
of  the  shipping  were  exhibited  at  half-mast,  as  were  those  of  the 
Capitol,  the  City  Hall,  the  State  Armor}",  the  armories  of  the  differ- 
ent volunteer  companies,  and  several  hotels  and  stores,  while  several 
flags,  draped  in  mourning,  were  suspended  across  the  streets.  Every 
countenance  expressed  the  lively  feeling  of  sorrow  and  regret  at  the 
event. 

At  half-past  two  o'clock  P.  M.,  the  First  Regiment  of  Virginia 
Volunteers  paraded  on  Capitol  Square,  and  at  three  o'clock  the  sar- 
cophagus being  placed  on  the  hearse,  the  column  commanded  by  Col. 
August,  escorted  it  to  Rocketts,  to  the  solemn  dirges  of  the  Armory 
Band.  There  the  remains  were  placed  on  board  the  Roanoke,  and 
the  folloAving  details  from  each  of  the  companies  of  the  First  and  One 
hundred  and  seventy-ninth  Regiments  marched  on  board  as  an  escort 
to  guard  the  body  to  New-York : 

Richmond  Grays — Sergt.  A.  M.  Barrett,  James  Vaughan,  E.  Car- 
rington.  Corporal  M.  Page,  V.  Bossieux,  W.  S.  "Wood,  Jr.,  J.  W.  Pe- 
gram.  Corporal  J.  Seth  Michaud,  F.  Binford,  Geo.  Beauchamp. 

R.  L.  I.  Blues — Lieut.  "W.  L.  Maide,  Sergt.  Tompkins,  Privates 
Jarvis,  Bray,  Hewett,  Sanxay,  S.  Jacobs,  Jones,  E.  Levy,  F.  Carter, 
and  W.  A.  Griffin. 

RocTcy  Ridge  Rijles — Private  W.  S.  A,  Royall,  and  W.  S.  Gregory 

Montgomery  Guard — Corporals  T.  Ryan,  Disnej^,  and  B.  Smith. 

Virginia  Rijles — Lieut.  Schadd,  Sergt.  P.  Weber,  Privates  A.  Noack 
F.  Lehr,  W.  Thon,  and  F.  Lehmkuhl. 

National  Guard — Privates  A.  Heath  and  William  Gibson. 

Young  Guard  Light  Battalion — Maj.  H.  W.  Fry,  Jr.,  Lieut.  James 
Sizer,  Jr.,  Sergt.  Miner,  Corporal  E.  Francis,  Privates  James  Mathews, 
J.  Krischmann,  Robinson  D.  Trueheart,  Wm.  H.  Wade,  Geo.  Dues- 
berry,  M.  Mathews,  and  Wm.  AUegre. 


228  •  REMOVAL    O^   THE    KEiTAINS 

Among  the  escort  we  nv')ticed  Private  Joseph  N'eusteter,  a  member 
of  the  Fourth  Company  of  tne  New-York  Seventh  Regiment,  who  was 
here  on  furlough,  but  who,  on  hearing  of  the  untimely  death  of  his 
companion  in  arms,  came  to  attend  his  remains  home. 

Col.  August  appointed  Lieut.  Maule  as  commander  of  the  escort> 
and  Sergeant  A.  Barrett  as  Sergeant. 

To  guard  against  having  the  ship  quarantined  in  the  port  of  New 
York,  Col.  August  also  furnished  Lieut,  Maule  with  a  copy  of  the 
Coroner's  inquest  over  the  body  of  the  deceased,  and  a  certificate 
from  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  showing  that  he  did  not 
come  to  his  death  by  any  contagious  or  infectious  disease. 

All  the  arrangements  being  now  complete,  the  Roanoke  cast  off 
from  her  moorings,  and  as  she  departed,  the  guns  of  the  Artillery 
under  the  command  of  Lieut.  Shine,  fired  three  rounds.  The  mili- 
tary then  returned  to  their  quarters  and  were  dismissed. 

The  City  Council  met  and  took  such  measures  as  the  occasion  re. 
quired.  They  also  appointed  a  committee  to  draft  suitable  resolu- 
tions expressing  their  sense  of  the  lamentable  event,  to  report  at  their 
meeting  on  Monday  next. 

We  do  not  know  that  we  have  ever  witnessed  an  expression  of 
such  deep  and  general  sympathy  as  this  most  afflictive  event  has 
called  forth  from  the  people  of  Richmond.  Strong  voices  have  be- 
come tremulous  with  emotion,  and  the  gentle  eyes  of  woman  sulTused 
with  tears.  The  generous  and  noble  conduct  of  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment, in  making  this  distant  pilgrimage,  in  honor  of  one  of  Virginia's 
sons,  and  their  most  elevated  and  gallant  bearing  in  our  cit}^,  had 
endeared  them  to  every  heart,  and  all  rejoiced  that  not  one  accident 
had  occurred  to  mar  the  glorious  pageant,  and  the  loving  embrace 
of  fraternal  and  patriotic  hearts.  The  last  gun  had  fired,  the  last 
soldier  of  the  Seventh  was  safe  and  well  on  board  the  steamer,  and 
amid  the  clash  of  music,  the  glare  of  fireworks,  and  the  roar  of  can- 
non, the  Seventh  seemed  about  to  leave  us,  in  a  blaze  of  undimmed 
glory.  Probably  at  that  very  moment,  this  most  melancholy  death 
occurred ;  and  upon  this  full-blown  flower  of  a  complete  triumph, 
came  this  sad  and  corrosive  blight.  As  the  melancholy  intelligence 
spread  from  lip  to  lip,  there  was  an  expression  of  solemnity  and  grief 
on  every  face,  as  if  a  kinsman-  had  fallen.  None  knew  at  first  who 
the  stranger  was,  but  he  wore  the  uniform  of  the  Seventh  Regiment, 
and  that  made  him  a  brother  to  every  citizen  of  Richmond.  We 
need  not  add  how  great  was  the  shock  when  the  telegraph  bore  the 
tidings. that  it  was  a  grandson  of  Alexander  Hamilton,  who  had  thus 
perished  in  doing  honor  to  the  remains  of  James  Monroe !     When 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  229 

we  referred,  on  Monday  last,  to  the  fact  that  the  soldiers  of  N^ew- 
York  and  of  Virginia  would  again  stand  side  by  side  as  in  the  days 
when  Alexander  Hamilton  led  the  triumphant  colors  at  Yorktown, 
little  did  we  think  that  a  grandson  of  that  illustrious  chief  was  about 
to  die  on  our  own  shores  in  this  mission  of  patriotism  and  of  love  ; 
and  he  himself  borne  back  to  his  native  city  in  the  next  steamer  to 
that  in  which  he  had  guarded  hither  the  remains  of  Monroe  !  What" 
a  fearful  emphasis  is  given  by  this  sudden  death  to  the  text  from 
which  the  chaplain  of  the  Seventh,  Rev.  Dr.  Weston,  preached  to  the 
Regiment  on  Sunday  last :  "Watch,  therefore,  for  ye  Jcnoio  neither  the 
day  nor  the  hour  when  the  Son  of  man  cometh." 

Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Richmond  to  Colonel  A.  Duryee. 

Richmond,  July  14,  1858. 
To  Colonel  A.  Duryee  : 

Dear  Sir  :  It  is  my  privilege,  as  President  of  the  Council  of  the 
City  of  Richmond,  to  transmit  to  you  the  within  inclosed  resolutions, 
adopted  by  the  Council  on  the  12th  instant,  with  a  request  that  you 
will  communicate  the  same  to  your  Regiment,  and  the  family  and 
friends  of  Mr.  Hamilton. 

Ere  this  letter  reaches  your  State,  yoru  will  have  received  the  re- 
mains of  Mr.  Hamilton,  accompanied  by  a  committee  from  the  vo- 
lunteer companies  of  the  City  of  Richmond,  and  a  detachment  from 
the  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-ninth  Regiment  of  Virginia  Militia. 
I  convened  the  Council  for  the  purpose  of  appointing  a  Committee 
from  their  body  to  accompany  the  remains,  but  having  received  the 
intelligence  of  the  death  of  Mr.  Hamilton  so  late  in  the  day,  we 
could  not  get  ready  to  start  with  the  remains,  which  left  at  four 
o'clock  P.M.,  that  day.  I  assure  you  that  the  unfortunate  death  of 
Mr.  Hamilton,  while  a  guest  of  this  city,  on  the  noble  and  patriotic 
duty  of  escorting  to  their  last  resting-place  the  remains  of  one  of 
Virginia's  illustrious  sons,  has  cast  a  gloom  over  our  whole  commu- 
nity. Such  patriotism  as  has  been  manifested  by  him,  and  your 
whole  Regiment,  in  leaving  home,  relatives,  and  friends,  and  endur- 
ing the  fatigue  of  a  long  journey,  to  accompany  the  remains  of  one 
of  Virginia's  sons,  has  endeared  him  and  his  comrades  to  the  fond 
embrace  of  the  citizens  of  Richmond ;  and  as  he  now  lies  silent  in 
the  tomb,  we  can  only  bow  with  humble  submission  to  the  divine 
providence,  but  would  mingle  our  sorrow  with  the  grief  of  his  rela- 
tives and  friends,  and  deplore  with  the  National  Guard  the  loss  of 
their  comrade,  and  tender  to  that  gallant  corps,  through  you,  our 
most  heartfelt  sympathies  in  this  most  melancholy  event.  I  trust 
this  first  visit  of  your  gallant  corps  to  the  metropolis  of  Virginia, 


230  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 

on  so  patriotic  an  errand,  thongh  attended  with  the  loss  of  one  of 
your  comrades,  which  we  all  with  you  lament,  be  attended,  as  we 
believe  it  has  been,  with  the  happy  result  of  binding  together  more 
closely  the  citizens  of  the  two  States  in  one  common  bond  of  bro- 
therhood, and  make  us  feel  that,  though  we  are  separated  by  geo- 
graphic lines,  yet  the  same  national  flag  that  floats  over  you  in  New- 
York  also  waves  over  us  in  Virginia.  May  we  be  so  closely  united 
to  each  other,  in  feeling  and  interest,  that  no  discord,  coming  from 
either  North  or  South,  shall  ever  separate  us. 

With  the  most  profound  respects,  I  remain  your  most  obedient 
servant,  David  J.  Salnders, 

President  of  the  Council  of  the  City  of  Richmond. 

Col.  August  to  Mayor  Tiemann. 

RicuMOXD,  Virginia,  July  9th,  1858. 

Mr  Dear  Sir  :  Before  this  reaches  you,  the  telegraph  will  have 
informed  you  that  the  body  of  Mr.  L.  Hamilton,  a  member  of  the 
Sixth  Company  of  the  Regiment  of  National  Guard,  was  found 
drowned  at  Rockett's  this  morning,  at  an  early  hour.  The  Coroner 
of  the  city  held  an  inquest  over  the  body  at  half-past  nine  o'clock 
A.M.,  and  then  delivered  it  into  my  charge,  to  make  such  disposition 
of  it  as  I  might  think  proper.  I  immediately  gave  orders  that  a 
metallic  coffin  should  be  procured,  and  the  body  be  properly 
shrouded  and  deposited  in  it,  to  be  conveyed  by  the  steamer  Roanoke 
to  New- York.  After  the  body  was  placed  in  the  coffin,  it  was  es- 
corted by  a  detachment  from  my  Regiment  to  the  Capitol,  where  it 
remained  under  a  guard  of  honor  until  three  o'clock  this  afternoon, 
when  it  was  escorted  to  the  steamer  by  the  whole  Regiment. 

The  body  must  have  remained  in  the  water  ahoxit  fifty  six  hours, 
and  when  taken  from  it,  could  not  have  been  identified,  but  for  the 
name  upon  the  linen,  and  upon  papers  in  his  pocket-book. 

Decomposition  was  so  rapid,  before  the  body  was  put  into  the 
coffin,  that  under  no  circumstances  should  the  coffin  be  opened,  after 
it  arrives  in  New-York. 

I  have  been  induced  to  write  you  this  letter,  because  I  thought  it 
possible  the  Roanoke,  with  the  body,  might  reach  New-York  before 
the  Seventh  Regiment  returns,  and  if  so,  then,  that  you  might  com- 
municate to  the  family  or  friends  of  the  deceased  the  substance  of  the 
foregoing.  I  have  written  fully  to  Col.  Duryee  upon  the  subject. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be,  your  obedient  servant, 
T.  P.  August,  Colonel. 

First  Reg't  Va.  Volunteers. 

His  Honor  the  Mayor  of  New-York. 


OF   JAMES    MOXROE.  -         231 

Col.  August  to  Col.  Duryee. 

Richmond,  Virginia,  July  9th,  1858. 
Col.  a.  Duryee  :  Deak  Sir  :  As  the  steamer  Roanoke  was  about 
leaving  the  wharf  this  afternoon,  I  addressed  you  a  hasty  note,  in- 
forming you  that  I  had  sent  the  remains  of  Mr.  L.  Hamilton,  under 
an  escort  from  my  Regiment,  by  her  to  K'ew-York.  Owing  to  my 
engagement  in  Court  all  day,  I  had  not  time  to  write  you  as  fully  as 
I  desired  upon  the  subject.  I  shall  now  give  you  full  particulars,  so 
far  as  I  am  able  to  do  so.  At  an  eai^ly  hour  this  morning,  the  body- 
was  discovered  floating  in  the  creek  that  empties  into  James  River 
at  Rocketts.  The  general  impression  here  seems  to  be,  that  Mr. 
Hamilton  went  on  board  the  Glen  Cove  with  his  Regiment,  and 
afterwards  fell  overboard,  before  she  moved  off,  and  that  his  body 
was  washed  into  the  creek  by  the  tide.  You  can  tell  whether  this 
impression  is  correct  or  not,  by  ascertaining  if  his  musket  and  knap- 
sack were  on  board  the  steamboat.  There  was  no  knapsack  on  the 
body  when  it  was  found.  I  am  informed  that  in  one  of  his  pockets 
was  found  a  pocket-book  containing  about  twenty-seven  dollars,  and 
some  few  papers.  He  had,  also,  upon  his  person,  a  fine  gold  watch. 
These  things  were  taken  charge  of  by  the  authorities,  and  will,  I 
presume,  be  forwarded  to  New-York  on  Monday  next  by  James  A. 
Patterson,  Esq.,  a  merchant  of  your  city,  who  will  be  directed  to 
deliver  them  to  you,  in  order  that  they  may  be  handed  over  to  his 
family.  After  the  body  was  taken  from  the  water,  the  decomposi- 
tion was  so  rapid  as  to  render  it  impossible  for  any  one  to  recognize 
it.  The  coffin  must  not,  on  any  account,  be  opened,  after  it  gets  to 
New-York,  as  a  sight  of  the  body,  in  its  present  condition,  would  be 
any  thing  but  gratifying  to  the  friends  of  the  deceased.  This  sad 
affair  has  cast  a  gloom  over  our  whole  community,  and  from  every 
lip  we  hear  exprressions  of  sincere  sorrow  for  his  untimely  death.  As 
the  procession  passed  along  the  streets,  at  various  points,  flags, 
draped  in  deep  mourning,  were  suspended,  and  in  other  ways  our 
citizens  testified  their  respect  for  the  memory  of  the  deceased.  The 
City  Council  held  a  meeting  this  evening,  and  adopted  suitable  reso- 
lutions.    Be  pleased  to  let  me  hear  from  you  upon  this  subject. 

I  am,  yours  most  truly,  T.  P.  August. 

Col.  August  to  Col.  Duryee. 

RiCHMO>fD,  Virginia,  July  9th,  1858. 
Colonel  :    The  steamer  Roanoke  is  just  about  to  leave  the  wharf, 
and  I  have  only  time  to  say  to  you  that  she  carries  to  New-York  the 
last  remains  of  Mr.  L.  Hamilton,  of  your  Regiment,  who  was  found 
drowned  at  Rockett's  this  morning. 


232  REMOVAL  tOF   THE   REMAINS 

The  body  was  delivered  to  me  this  morning,  by  the  Coroner  of  the 
city,  and  I  immediately  gave  orders  for  a  proper  disposition  of  it.  It 
was  escorted  to  the  Capitol  by  a  detachment  from  my  Regiment, 
where  it  laid  in  state  until  three  o'clock  this  afternoon,  when  it  was 
escorted  to  the  steamer  by  my  whole  Regiment.  I  send  a  detach- 
ment from  the  different  companies  of  my  Regiment,  to  accompany  • 
the  remains  to  New- York.  A  detachment  from  the  One  Hundred 
and  Seventy-Ninth  Regiment  Virginia  Militia,  also  accompanies  the 
remains. 

I  need  not  assure  you  that  our  whole  community  have  been  deeply 
touched  by  the  intelligence  of  his  untimely  death. 

Be  pleased  to  convey  to  your  Regiment,  and  to  the  family  and 
friends  of  the  deceased,  the  assurance  of  the  cordial  sympathy  of  our 
whole  community  in  their  afflicting  bereavement. 

In  great  haste,  yours  most  truly, 

T.  P.  August. 
Col.  First  Reg't  Va.  Vols. 

Lieut.-Col.  Milton  Gary  to  Col.  Duryee. 

Richmond,  July  10th,  1S58. 
Colonel  :  For  fear  that  my  Colonel  August  has  not  been  able  to 
write  you  by  this  afternoon's  mail,  (he  having  been  in  Court,  I  be- 
lieve,, all  day,)  I  write  you  a  line  in  relation  to  your  poor  Hamilton. 
Every  thing  found  on  him  we  have  here,  subject  to  the  direction  of 
his  friends.  It  was  not  possible  to  send  them  on  witli  his  body,  as 
we  wished  to  have  his  uniform  and  equipments,  of  course,  much 
soiled,  from  remaining  in  tlie  water,  properly  cleaned  and  arranged. 
His  watch,  money,  etc.,  are  all  in  the  hands  of  proper  parties,  and 
will  be  sent  as  may  be  hereafter  desired.  Do  not  allow  the  case  to 
be  opened,  as  the  siglit  would  be  a  disagreeable  recollection  for  his 
friends.  I  regret  exceedingly  that  the  case  was  closed  before  I  could 
take  a  lock  of  his  hair  for  his  family,  but  having  many  things  to  at- 
tend to,  I  was  not  near  the  body  when  it  was  shrouded,  and  would 
not  have  it  opened  afterwards,  even  for  that.  The  body  was  in  an 
cdvanced  stage  of  decomposition  when  discovered.  I  send  you  a 
copy  of  one  of  our  morning  papers,  which  will  give  you  all  of  the 
particulars  which  we  have  been  able  to  gather.  It  needs  no  words 
from  me,  Sir,  to  assure  you,  your  officers  and  men,  and  the  family  and 
friends  of  the  deceased,  of  the  deep  sympathj^  of  our  citizens,  our 
officers  and  men,  with  you  and  them  in  this  distressing  calamity. 
Poor  fellow,  while  his  comrades  were  cheering  and  being  cheered,  he 
was  drowning  within  a  few  feet  of  them,  unseen  by  a  single  eye,  un- 


OF   JAMES   MOKEOE.  233 

assisted  by  a  single  arm.  We  cared  for  his  dust,  sir,  as  brethren 
should,  and  we  have  sent  him  back  to  you  over  the  billows,  guarded 
by  brethren,  that  he  may  be  laid  under  the  sod  of  his  native  State, 
his  bier  to  be  followed  by  the  gallant  Seventh,  and  his  grave  to  be 
moistened  with  their  tears.  If  you  should  see  Messrs.  Schad  and 
Maule,  the  lieutenants  in  charge  of  the  guard  from  my  Regiment,  do 
not  fail  to  send  them,  with  their  guards,  by  the  steamer  Roanoke,  on 
Wednesday  afternoon.  Such  are  their  instructions,  and  I  know  they 
will  carry  them  out,  unless  over  persuaded  by  some  of  your  com- 
mand. I  write  in  great  haste,  and  with  no  less  of  feeling  on  this 
sad  occasion. 

With  sentiments  of  the  highest  regard,  I  am.  Colonel,  very  truly 
and  sincerely,  yours,  R.  Miltox  Cart,  First  Ya.  Vols. 

Capt.   Wm.  H.  Richardson  to  Col.  Durycc. 

Henrico  Co.,  Virginia,  July  12th,  1858. 

Dear  Sir  :  It  was  my  pride  and  pleasure,  one  week  ago,  to  march 
in  the  same  column,  and  to  mingle  at  the  same  festive  board,  with 
your  gallant  Regiment,  soldiers,  all  of  us,  of  the  same  common  coun- 
try, and  rallied  (God  be  thanked  still,)  under  the  same  glorious  stars 
and  stripes,  the  emblem  of  our  Union.  As  an  American,  I  feel 
proud  of  the  noble  specimen  of  citizen  soldiery  who  had  volunteered 
the  sacred  duty  which  brought  them  to  the  shores  of  the  Old  Do- 
minion. Their  splendid  soldiership  commanded  universal  admira- 
tion, as  did  their  personal  qualities  our  esteem,  and  when  you  left 
us,  we  parted  with  you  as  with  brothers  who  had  won  our  hearts. 
Little  did  we  suppose  that  in  so  short  a  period  of  time  the  current  of 
our  feelings  should  be  turned  into  another  channel.  The  sad,  un- 
timely end  of  your  comrade,  Laurens  Hamilton,  fell  like  a  thunder- 
clap upon  our  city  and  country,  and  I  may  truly  say,  plunged  every 
heart  in  sorrow,  as  it  placed  every  flag  in  mourning. 

As  one  who  felt  all  that  a  soldier  and  a  man  could  feel,  in  the  plea- 
sant associations  of  your  visit  to  us,  I  can  not  remain  silent,  when 
those,  whom  we  look  upon  as  "  brothers  in  arms,"  are  called  upon  to 
mourn.  I  speak  the  sentiments  of  my  corps,  in  expressing  my  own, 
and  I  beg  the  privilege  of  mingling  our  tears  and  our  sympathies 
with  theirs. 

The  private  circle  of  the  mourning  family  the  stranger  must  not 
intrude  upon  ;  but  to  my  brother  soldiers  I  may  say  tliis  much,  in 
token  of  my  deep-felt  sorrow. 

I  remain,  dear  Sir,  most  truly  yours, 

William  H.  Richardson. 

Capt.,  Henrico  Li»ht  Draijoons. 


234  REMOVAL  ^OF   THE   REMAINS 

THE  ESCOKT  OF  YOUNG   HAMILTON'S  REMAINS  TO 
NEW-YORK. 

The  escort  of  Virginia  soldiers  which  attended  the  re- 
mains of  young  Hamilton  to  New- York,  embarked  the 
10th  July,  by  tlie  Roanoke,  to  return  home. 

The  steamer  was  expected  to  arrive  on  Sunday  evening,  but  was 
detained  off  Sandy  Hook  by  a  fog,  so  that  she  did  not  arrive  until 
after  six  o'clock  yesterday  morning.  It  was  intended  to  receive  the 
body  with  military  honors,  but  in  obedience  to  the  express  wishes  of 
the  family,  the  ceremonies  were  quietly  conducted.  A  meeting  of 
Company  6,  ISTational  Guard,  to  which  young  Hamilton  belonged, 
was  held  on  Sunday,  at  which  two  brothers  of  the  deceased  were 
present  to  make  this  request  known.  It  was  instantly  complied 
with,  and  the  other  companies  of  the  Regiment  were  also  notified, 
so  that  they  might  observe  it.  Company  6  appointed  Lieut.  Kent 
and  privates  Teer  and  King  to  receive  the  body  ;  and  privates  Kem- 
ble,  Vose,  Ebaugh,  Bartlett,  and  Draper — young  Hamilton's  intimate 
friends — a  committee  to  assist  the  family  in  the  funeral  arrangements, 
and  Lieutenants  Vermilyea  and  Kent  a  committee  to  secure  quarters 
for  the  Virginia  escort.  The  meeting  was  closed  with  prayer  by 
private  King.  The  armory  of  the  Company  has  been  draped  taste- 
fully with  festoons  of  black  and  white  muslin,  in  memory  of  tlie  de- 
ceased— his  closet  being  distinguished  by  a  white  satin  bow. 

At  Norfolk,  the  military  from  Richmond  were  joined  by  Capt.  Y. 
D.  Groner,  Quartermaster  Foster,  Paymaster  Cherry,  Sergeant  J.  G. 
West,  Lieut.  Diff,  C.  Crowell,  Lieut.  Peter  Dilworth,  and  Orderly  D. 
Waters,  members  of  the  Fifty-fourth  Regiment  Virginia  State  Mili- 
tia, who  were  detailed  as  a  guard  of  honor  by  the  civil  authorities 
of  Norfolk,  to  escort  the  remains  from  that  city  to  New-York.  When 
they  embarked  they  were  saluted  and  welcomed  in  an  appropriate 
manner  by  their  Richmond  military  brethren,  and  from  that  time 
they  entered  upon  their  share  of  the  duties  attending  the  melancholy 
honors  paid  to  the  lamented  dead. 

The  body  was  placed  at  the  stern  of  the  vessel,  on  the  promenade 
deck,  near  the  flag-staff,  and  covered  with  an  awning  of  the  thickest 
canvas,  to  screen  the  cases  in  which  it  was  inclosed  from  the  weather. . 
Four  sentries  were  kept  on  guard  all  the  time,  the  deputations  from* 
Richmond  and  Norfolk  sharing  the  duty  equally.  The  steamer  car- 
ried her  flags  at  half-mast  on  leaving  Richmond,  at  Norfolk,  and  on 
entering  the  port  of  New-York.  She  was  detained  below  Quarantine 
several  hours  by  a  dense  fog  and  the  darkness  of  the  night.     The 


OF  JAMES    jNCOXROE.  235 

friends  of  the  deceased  and  the  committee  were  on  the  pier  with  a 
hearse  on  the  arrival  of  the  steamei",  and  the  remains  were  at  once 
delivered  to  them  by  the  escort.  The  Virginians  were  somewhat 
surprised  at  first  at  there  being  no  military  reception ;  but  upon 
being  informed  of  the  wishes  of  the  family,  at  once  acquiesced  in 
their  propriety.  The  remains  were  taken  to  Trinity  Church,  where 
they  were  left  in  charge  until  to-day  at  half-past  three,  when  the 
funeral  ceremonies  will  take  place  without  any  military  display, 
agreeably  to  the  wishes  of  the  family,  Mr.  Schuyler  Hamilton,  how- 
ever, has  sent  a  touching  letter  to  the  Virginia  escort  through  the 
acting  commander,  Lieut.  Maule,  inviting  them,  in  view  of  the  atten- 
tions of  kindred  which  they  have  shown  to  the  deceased,  to  attend 
the  funeral  with  the  family. 

The  following  letter  was  brought  by  Lieut.  Maule  to 
Colonel  Duryee  : 

Richmond,  Va.,  July  9,  1858. 

Colonel:  The  steamer  Roanoke  is  just  about  to  leave  the  wharf, 
and  I  have  only  time  to  say  to  you  tliat  she  carries  to  New- York  the 
remains  of  Mr.  L.  Hamilton,  of  your  Regiment,  who  was  found 
drowned  at  Rocketts,  this  morning.  The  body  was  delivered  to  me 
this  morning  by  the  coroner  of  the  city,  and  I  immediately  gave 
orders  for  a  proper  disposition  of  it.  It  was  escorted  to  the  Capitol 
by  a  detachment  from  my  regiment,  where  it  laid  in  state  until  three 
o'clock  this  afternoon,  when  it  was  escorted  to  the  steamer  by  my 
whole  regiment.  I  send  a  detachment  from  the  different  companies 
of  my  regiment  to  accompany  the  remains  to  New- York.  A  detach- 
ment from  the  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-ninth  Regiment  Virginia 
Militia  also  accompanies  the  remains.  I  need  not  assure  you  that  our 
whole  community  have  been  deeply  touched  by  the  intelligence  of 
his  untimely  death.  Be  pleased  to  convey  to  your  Regiment  and  to 
the  family  and  friends  of  the  deceased  the  assurance  of  the  cordial 
sympathy  of  our  whole  community  in  their  afflicting  bereavement. 
In  great  haste,  I  am  truly  yours,  T.  P.  August, 

Col.  First  Regiment  Virginia  Volunteers. 

To  A.  Duryee,  Col.  Seventh  Regiment,  National  Guard, 

The  Virginians  were  escorted  to  the  Lafarge  House,  where  they 
were  quartered  during  their  stay  at  the  expense  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment,  and  every  effort  made  to  meet  their  slightest  wish.  They 
were  on  the  12th  July  personally  attended  to  by  various  members 
of  the  Regiment,  and  shown  several  of  our  city  armories  and  other 


236  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 

V 

objects  of  interest.  They  arranged  to  return  on  Wednesday  after- 
noon, the  14th  July,  and  before  they  left,  the  National  Guard  took 
occasion  to  impress  upon  them  their  gratitude  for  the  unbounded 
hospitality  of  Virginia  towards  themselves.  The  funeral  ceremonies 
took  place  on  the  13th,  from  Ti'inity  Church.  Dr.  Muhlenberg,  of 
whose  church  Mr.  Hamilton  was  a  member,  and  Dr.  "Weston,  the 
temporary  Chaplain  of  the  Regiment,  officiated.  The  remains  were 
interred  in  the  family  vault  in  Trinity  Church-yard. 


Meeting  of  the  City  Authorities  of  Kiclimoiid,  and  Adoption  of 
Resolutions  expressive  of  sorrow  and  condolence  for  the  Death 
of  IJaurens  Hamilton. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  city  of  Richmond, 
held  on  Monday,  the  12tli  day  of  July,  in  the  year  1858, 
the  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  unanimous- 
ly adopted : 

W?iereas,  Laurens  Hamilton,  Esq.,  a  member  of  the  National 
Guard  of  New- York,  was  drowned  in  this  city  during  the  recent  em- 
barkation of  his  Regiment  on  their  return  home — therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  by  the  Council  of  the  city  of  Richmond,  that  they  have 
heard  of  the  unfortunate  death  of  Mr.  Hamilton  with  profound  re- 
gret, a  regret  deepened,  if  possible,  by  the  reflection  that  he  lost  his 
life  while  a  guest  of  this  city,  and  in  the  act  of  closing  the  noble  and 
patriotic  duty  of  escorting  to  tlieir  last  resting-place  the  remains  of 
one  whom  in  life  Virginia  delighted  to  honor,  and  whom  in  death 
she  has  recalled  to  her  bosom. 

Resolved,  That  the  Council  claim  for  themselves  and  for  their  fel- 
low-citizens, the  melancholy  privilege  of  mingling  their  sorrow  with 
the  grief  of  Mr.  Hamilton's  relatives  and  friends,  of  deploring  with 
the  National  Guard  the  loss  of  their  comrade,  and  of  tendering  to 
that  gallant  corps  the  most  heartfelt  sympathy  for  the  melancholy 
event  which  clouds  the  recollections  of  their  visit  to  Richmond. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  the  foregoing  resolutions  be  transmitted 
to  Col.  Duryee,  with  the  request  that  he  will  communicate  them  to 
liis  Regiment  and  to  the  relatives  of  deceased. 


OF   JAMES    MONROE.  237 

From  a  Ncio-York  paper. 

*«what  shadows  "we  are,  and  "what  shadows 
w:e3  pursue." 

Tlie  gallant  Seventh  Regiment  left  ns,  the  other  day,  with  all  the 
"  pomp  and  circumstances  "  of  military  display,  to  follow,  to  their 
final  resting-place,  the  mortal  remains  of  Ex-President  Monroe.  This 
evening  they  are  expected  to  return,  to  follow  one  of  their  own 
number  to  the  place  appointed  for  all  living.  They  left  us  thus  to 
bury  the  dead — and  thus  they  come  back  to  bury  the  dead.  A 
funeral  there,  and  a  funeral  here  ! 

"We  refer  here  to  the  death,  by  drowning,  of  young  Laurens  Ilaniil- 
ton,  of  Company  6 — son  of  John  C.  Hamilton,  and  grandson  of  the  illus- 
trious Alexander  Hamilton.  As  yet,  we  have  but  few  particulars  of 
the  occurrence ;  it  is  only  certain  that  he  was  missing  from  the  Regi- 
ment— that  he  must  have  fallen  overboard  from  the  steamer  Glen 
Cove,  in  the  James  River,  and  that  his  body,  some  hours  afterwards, 
was  found  floating  in  the  water  near  Richmond.  The  military  there, 
with  characteristic  chivalry,  took  charge  of  it,  placed  it  on  board  the 
Roanoke,  which,  leaving  for  Kew- York  Friday  afternoon,  will  doubt- 
less be  at  her  dock  here  to-day.  A  guard  of  honor  from  Richmond 
accompany  the  remains. 

Mr.  Hamilton,  the  deceased,  was  twenty-three  years  of  age — a 
young  man  of  exemplary  conduct,  and  was  much  esteemed  by  a 
large  circle  of  friends  in  this  city.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  the  Holy  Communion,  (Rev.  Mr.  Muhlenberg's,)  and  was  a  sincere 
and  devoted  Christian.  He  leaves  a  father,  mother,  and  brothers, 
who  feel  deeply  bereaved  at  the  loss  of  a  dear  son  and  brother. 

The  members  of  the  Sixth  Company,  who  did  not  participate  in 
the  excursion  to  Richmond,  met  at  their  armory  Friday  evening,  and 
concluded  not  to  take  any  measures  for  the  funeral  of  their  deceased 
comrade,  until  the  arrival  of  the  Regiment  from  Riclimond ;  they, 
however,  very  appropriately  draped  their  armory  in  deep  mourning. 

Mr.  Hamilton  joined  the  Seventh  Regiment  on  the  23d  of  July 

1857  ;    and  he  entered  upon  his  duties  as  a  member  of  the  corps  to 

which  he  was  attached,  with  a  zeal  and  alacrity  seldom  observed  in 

^a  member  of  a  Regiment  where  such  rigid  discipline  is  exacted  from 

a  new  member  as  in  the  National  Guard.     Peace  to  his  ashes  ! 

From  the  Richmond  Despatch. 
THE    HAMILTON    MONUMENT. 
We  yesterday  received  no  less  than  three  communications  offering 
to  subscribe  to  the  erection  of  a  monument  over  the  remains  of  young 


238  REMOVAL    OF   THE   RE31AINS 

V 

Hamilton,  of  the  ^N'ational  Guard,  New- York.  Two  of  them  are 
from  gentlemen  in  the  interior  counties,  showing  how  wide  spread  is 
the  sorrow  at  the  sad  death  of  our  guest.  A  committee  appointed 
for  the  purpose,  could  speedily  raise  $1000  or  $2000,  for  the  erection 
of  the  proposed  monument,  so  general  seems  the  desire  to  contri- 
bute to  it.  Let  those  having  the  matter  in  hand  specify  some  mode 
of  contribution,  and  the  money  will  not  be  wanting.  , 


FUNERAL  OF  LAURENS  HAMILTON,  OF  THE 
SEVENTH  REGIMENT. 

The  faneral  of  Laurens  Hamilton,  the  member  of  the 
Seventh  Regiment,  who  was  drowned  at  Kichmond  dur- 
ing the  recent  obsequies  of  President  Monroe,  took  place 
on  the  afternoon,  13th  July,  at  half-past  three,  at  Trinity 
Church.  At  an  early  hour  the  crowd  began  to  collect, 
and  at  the  time  of  the  commencement  of  the  services,  all 
the  seats  Avere  filled,  and  the  aisles  were  crowded  to  ex- 
cess. The  seats  on  the  centre  aisle  were  reserved  for  the 
relatives,  the  pall-bearers,  the  guard  of  honor  from  Vir- 
ginia, the  members  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  in  citizens' 
dress,  and  the  graduating  class  of  1854  of  Columbia  Col- 
lege, of  which  the  deceased  was  a  member. 

Precisely  at  half-past  three,  the  officiating  clergymen, 
relatives,  and  pall-bearers,  emerged  from  the  ante-room 
on  the  left  of  the  altar,  and,  proceeding  to  the  vestibule, 
escorted  the  remains  in  procession  to  the  front  of  the 
altar,  in  the  following  order  : 

Officiating  Clergy. 

Dr.  Berrian,  Dr.  Muhlenberg, 

Dr.  Taylor,  Rev.  Mr.  Weston, 

Rev.  Mr.  Lawrence, 

Rev.  Mr.  Adams. 

Pall-Bearers. 


E.  C.  Morris, 
E.  Oothoiit, 
B.  Cutting. 


The  body 

of  the 
deceased. 


Pall-Bearers. 
Robert  Winthrop, 
Gouverneur  Kemble, 
Tracy  Arnold. 


Relatives  of  the  deceased. 
Friends  of  the  family. 


OF   JAMES    MOXROE.  239 

The  body  was  placed  directly  in  front  of  the  altar,  and 
the  officiating  clergy  took  seats  in  the  chancel,  where  Dr. 
Adams  was  also  seated.  The  solemn  burial-service  of 
the  Episcopal  Church  was  then  performed,  after  which 
the  remains  were  conveyed  to  the  family  vault,  at  the 
south-west  corner  of  the  church-yard.  Many  of  the 
audience  lingered  about  the  church-yard  to  view  the  tomb 
of  the  illustrious  grandfather  of  the  deceased — Alexander 
Hamilton. 

The  Virginia  Guard  of  Honor  wore  badges  of  their 
melancholy  office,  and  after  the  service,  proceeded  to 
their  quarters. 

The  Virginians  have  received  assiduous  attentions  from 
the  members  of  the  Seventh  during  their  stay,  and  every 
disposition  has  been  shown  to  reciprocate  the  hospitality 
80  recently  evinced  at  Richmond. 

There  was  a  voluntary  parade  of  the  Seventh  Regiment 
on  the  14th  July,  at  one  o'clock,  in  white  pantaloons.  The 
line  will  be  formed  in  "Washington  Parade  Ground.  They 
will  escort  to  the  steamer  Roanoke  the  delegation  from 
Norfolk,  Richmond,  and  Petersburg. 


Movements  of  the  National  Guard  prior  to  their  departure  for 
Virginia— Pressing  Invitation  received  by  them  from  the  Cities 
of  Kichmond  and  "Washington,  and  from  the  Heads  of  Military- 
Companies  of  the  South. 

As  soon  as  it  became  rumored  that  the  National  Guard 
would  likely  be  selected  by  the  city  authorities  as  an 
escort  to  accompany  the  remains  of  Mr.  Monroe  from 
New-York  to  Virginia,  complimentary  invitations  from 
the  South  poured  in  upon  them. 

To  many  of  these  kind  invitations  Col.  Duryee  had  to 
delay  giving  answers,  until  he  could  ascertain  whether 
the  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of  New-York  would 
accept  the  services  of  his  command,  voluntarily  offered 
by  a  large  majority  of  the  members  of  his  noble  Regi- 
ment. 


240  REMOVAL    OF   THE   REMAINS 

The  services  of  the  Regiment  having  been  accepted  as 
a  guard  of  honor  to  escort  the  remains  of  Mr.  Monroe 
to  Virginia,  it  proceeded  to  charter  the  noble  ocean-built 
steamship  Ericsson  to  convey  it  to  Virginia. 

So  soon  as  the  plan  of  proceedings  was  organized,  this 
liberal-spirited  and  patriotic  Regiment,  though  incurring 
a  heavy  expense  in  getting  up  their  conveyance  and  out-' 
fit,  issued  various  invitations  to  Committees  to  accompany 
it  on  board  of  the  Ericsson,  among  which  were  the  foL 
lowing : 

Invitation  to  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  New- York. 

New- York,  29th  June,  1858. 
Sir  :  The  Seventh  Kegiment  having  made  arrangements  for  pro- 
ceeding to  Richmond,  Va.,  as  a  guai'd  of  honor  to  the  remains  of 
Ex-President  Monroe,  on  Saturday  next,  we  shall  feel  very  much 
pleased  if  you  will  accompany  the  Regiment  as  their  guest. 
"We  are,  sir,  your  obedient  servants,  etc., 

Lieut. -CoL,  Lefferts, 
Capt.  Nevers, 
Lieut.  Williams. 
Hon.  D.  F.  TiEMANN,  Mayor  City  New- York. 

The  Mayor,  owing  to  pressmg  business  engagements, 
was  forced  to  decline  the  invitation  so  kindly  tendered 
him. 

Mayor  s  Reply. 

New-York,  1st  Julj-,  1858. 
To  Lieut.-Col.  M.  Lefferts  : 

Dear  Sir  :  I  have  received  your  kind  invitation  to  accompany  the 
Seventh  Regiment  of  the  City  of  New-York  on  their  contemplated 
visit  to  Richmond,  as  the  guard  of  honor  of  the  remains  of  the  pa- 
triot, James  Monroe,  late  President  of  the  United  States.  I  should 
he  indeed  gratified  to  accompany  this  distinguished  corps  on  so 
solemn  and  interesting  an  occasion,  but  the  exigency  of  public  busi- 
ness, particularly  at  this  time,  will  prevent  my  doing  so.  You  will 
do  me  the  favor  of  conveying  to  the  officers  and  members  of  the 
Regiment  my  best  wishes  for  their  prosperity  and  happiness,  and 
believe  me  to  be,  most  sincerely,  your  friend, 

Daniel  F.  Tiemann. 


I 


OF   JAMES   MONROE.  241 

Invitation  to  the  Committee  of  Arrangements  on  the  part  of  the  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  City  of  New- York. 

June  29th,  1858. 
Sir  :  The  Seventh  Regiment  have  chartered  the  steamer  Ericsson 
for  the  purpose  of  proceeding  to  Richmond  as  guard  of  honor  to  the 
remains  of  Ex-President  Monroe,  and  will  be  most  happy  to  have 
the  Joint  Committee  of  the  Common  Council,  of  which  you  are 
Chairman,  to  accompany  the  Regiment. 

We  have  extended  a  similar  invitation  to  the  Virginia  Committee, 
and  hope  it  may  suit  all  persons  interested  to  place  the  body  in  our 
charge  and  all  proceed  in  one  ship. 

We  are,  sir,  your  obedient  servants,  etc., 

LiEUT.-CoL.  Lefferts, 
Capt.  Nevis, 
T.  W.  Adams,  Chairman.  Lieut,  Williams, 

Reply  of  the  Coynmittee  through  their  Secretary. 

New- York,  June  29,  1858, 
LiEUT,-CoL.  Lefferts,  Seventh  Regiment  : 

Dear  Sir  :  Your  communication,  addressed  to  the  Chairman  of  the 
Joint  Committee  of  the  Common  Council,  on  the  removal  of  the  re- 
mains of  Ex-President  Monroe,  stating  that  the  Seventh  Regiment 
would  be  most  happy  to  have  the  Joint  Committee  accompany  it  to 
Richmond  in  the  steamer  Ericsson,  was  laid  before  that  Committee 
at  their  meeting  this  afternoon,  and  in  reply,  they  have  instructed 
me  to  inform  you  that  they  would  have  been  pleased  to  have  ac- 
cepted your  invitation,  so  kindly  tendered,  but  for  an  earnest  wish, 
conveyed  to  them  by  the  Committee  appointed  on  the  part  of  the 
State  of  Virginia,  for  the  Joint  Committee  to  proceed  with  them  to 
Richmond  in  the  steamer  Jamestown,  as  the  guests  of  that  State, 

The  Joint  Committee  have  also  desired  me  to  request  that  you 
will  express  to  the  officers  and  other  members  of  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment their  high  appreciation  of  the  invitation  extended  by  them, 
and  that  the  invitation  of  the  Committee  from  Virginia  alone  pre- 
vented their  acceptance  thereof. 

Yours,  very  respectfully, 

Richard  Scott,  Cor.  Sec. 

Invitation  to  Lieutenant- General  Winfield  Scott. 

New- York,  29  June,  1858. 
Sir:  The  Seventh  Regiment,  National  Guard,  N.  Y,  S.  M.,  have 
made  arrangements  to  proceed  to  Richmond,  Va.,  as  a  guard  of 
11 


242  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

lionor  to  the  rfemains  of  Ex-President  Monroe,  and  contemplate  upon 
their  return  to  pay  a  visit  to  the  tomb  of  Washington  and  the  City 
of  Baltimore. 

The  Regiment  are  aware  of  the  interest  you  feel,  as  an  old  and 
familiar  friend  of  the  late  President,  in  the  ceremonies  -which  are  to 
place  the  remains  within  the  protection  of  his  own  State,  and  they 
will  feel  exceedingly  gratified  if  you  will  accept  this  invitation  to 
accompany/-  the  Regiment,  and  thus  give  your  presence  and  aid  in 
the  performance  of  this  duty. 

The  Regiment  have  chartered  the  large  steamship  Ericsson,  and 
have  pleasant  and  comfortable  accommodations  for  yourself  and  staflf. 
"We  are,  sir,  with  great  respect,  your  obedient  servants, 
LiEUT.-CoL.  M.  Lefferts,  ) 
Capt.  Nevers,  V  Committee. 

Lieut.  Williams,  ) 

Lieut.-Gen.  Winfield   Scott,  Commander-in-Chief,  U.  S.  A.,  West 
Point. 

West  Point,  N.  Y.,  July  6,  1858. 
Gentlemen  :  Lieutenant-General  Scott  desires  me  to  acknowledge 
your  invitation  for  him  to  proceed  to  Richmond  in  the  Ericsson  as 
the  guest  of  your  Regiment. 

The  invitation,  dated  June  29,  was  addressed  to  this  place  and 
forwarded  to  the  General  in  Washington.  Failing  to  reach  him 
there  and  sent  back,  it  was  only  received  by  him  here  yesterday. 
The  General  begs  you  to  express  to  the  Regiment  his  appreciation 
of  their  kindness  and  his  thanks  for  the  compliment.  His  public 
duties,  at  the  moment,  must  have  prevented  his  accepting  the  invi- 
tation, even  had  he  not  been  sick. 

I  am,  gentlemen,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant. 

George  W.  Lay,  Lieut.-Col.  A.  D.  C. 
To  liieut.-Col.  M.  Lefferts,  and  others,  Seventh  Regiment  N.  Y.  S.  M. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  Lieut.-Gen.  Scott's  reply  to 
a  former  invitation  sent  by  it  to  him,  requesting  the 
honor  of  his  company  in  their  visit  to  Boston,  to  attend 
the  inauguration  of  the  Bunker  Hill  ceremonies  : 

Gen.  Winfield  Scott  to  Col.  Duryee. 

New- York,  June  11,  1868. 
My  Dear  Colonel  :  I  find  myself  obliged  at  the  last  moment  com- 
pelled to  decline  the  many  invitations  to  visit  Boston  on  the  ap- 


OF   JAMES    MOXROE.  243 

preaching  occasion  of  the  inauguration  of  the  Bunker  Hill  ceremony, 
on  account  of  the  increased  illness  of  my  wife.  With  many  thanks 
to  you  and  your  fine  Regiment,  inviting  me  to  accompany  you  to 
Boston, 

I  remain,  my  dear  sir,  yours  very  truly, 

WixriELD  Scott. 
Col.  A.  DuRYEE,  etc.,  etc. 


The  officers  of  the  National  Guard,  Colonel  Duryec, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Lefferts,  and  Quartermaster  "Win- 
chester, also  tendered,  in  person,  invitations  to  the  Com- 
mittee of  Virginians,  resident  in  New- York,  appointed 
to  accompany  the  Regiment  on  board  of  the  Ericsson, 
to  Virginia,  which  their  previous  acceptance  from  the 
State  Committee,  to  go  with  the  remains  on  board  the 
Jamestown,  obliged  them  to  decline. 

The  officers,  on  behalf  of  the  Regiment,  also  extended 
a  similar  invitation  to  Messrs.  Wise  and  Mumford,  the 
Committee  from  the  State  of  Virginia,  which  they,  from 
previous  arrangements,  were  unable  to  accept. 


INVITATIONS  TO  THE  NATIONAL  GUAKD  FROM  THE 
SOUTH. 

Mayor  Mayo  to  Colonel  Duryee. 

Richmond,  Virginia,  June  23,  1858. 
To  Colonel  Duryee,  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  of  New-York 
Militia  : 
Dear  Sir:  The  Council  of  this  City,  cherishing  with  grateful 
pride  the  patriotic  devotions  of  the  citizens  of  a  sister  State,  to 
the  memory  of  one  of  Virginia's  most  distinguished  sons,  one  whom 
she  loved  to  honor  while  living,  and  now  reveres  his  memory,  bids 
me  to  thank  you  and  the  Regiment  under  your  command,  for  the 
proffered  honor  to  the  memory  of  Mr.  Monroe,  by  accompanying  his 
remains  as  a  military  escort  to  this  city,  on  the  5th  of  July,  and,  in 
their  name,  to  tender  to  you  a  sincere  and  cordial  welcome  to  the 
metropolis  of  his  native  State. 

With  sentiments  of  high  regard,  I  am  your  obedient  servant, 

Joseph  Mayo,  Mayor. 


24-i  REMOVAL    OF   THE    REMAINS 

V 

Colonel  August,  Lieutenant- Colonel  Gary,  Major  R.  M.  Nimmo^  of 
First  Regiment  Virginian  Volunteers,  to  Colonel  Duryee. 

HEAD-QrAKTERS  FlRST  ReGIMEXT  YiRGIXIA  YoLUXTEERS, 

Richmond,  June  8,  1858. 
Colonel  :  It  having  been  stated  in  the  papers  of  your  city  that  a 
guard  of  honor  will  accompany  the  remains  of  the  late  President 
Monroe,  on  their  removal  to  our  city,  and  that  it  will  probably  be 
composed  of  a  detachment  of  your  Regiment,  a  Committee  to  inform 
you,  if  the  guard  be  taken  from  your  Regiment,  or  if  taken  from 
any  other  Regiment,  the  officers  commanding  that  Regiment  that 
the  detachment  will  be  received  here,  and  treated  as  the  guests  of 
our  Regiment  during  their  stay  in  Richmond.  If  the  guard  is  to  be 
taken  from  any  other  Regiment,  please  favor  us  by  sending  this  note 
to  its  commanding  officer. 

We  are,  sir,  with  great  respect,  your  obedient  servants, 
T.  P.  August,  Colonel. 
R.  Milton  Cary,  Lieutenant-ColoneL 
R.  M.  NiMMO,  Major. 
Colonel  DuBTEE,  Commanding  Seventh  Regiment,  N.  Y.  S.  F., 
National  Guard,  New-York. 

Colonel  August  to  Colonel  Duryee. 

Richmond,  Yirginia,  June  30th,  1858. 
Colonel  Duryee : 

Dear  Sir  :  I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  yours 
of  the  28th,  informing  the  Committee  of  which  I  am  Chairman,  of 
your  acceptance,  in  behalf  of  your  command,  of  the  civilities  ten- 
dered by  us,  in  the  name  of  the  First  Regiment  Yirginia  Yolunteers, 
provided  such  an  acceptance  does  not  conflict  with  the  arrangements 
of  our  city  authorities. 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  assure  you,  sir,  that  no  conflict  can 
possibly  occur,  as  our  entertainment  of  you  will  be  a  part  of  the 
programme  recognized  by  the  city  authorities. 

With  high  regard,  your  obedient  servant, 
T.  P.  August, 
Colonel  First  Regiment  Yirginia  Yolunteers. 

Colonel  W.  Hickey  to  Colonel  Duryee. 

Washington,  July  4th,  1858. 
Colonel  Dukyee,  Commanding  Seventh  New- York  Regiment, 
Richmond,  Yirginia  : 
My  Dear  Sir  :  Your  favor  from  New- York  has  been  duly  received, 
and,  as  it  leaves  us  in  doubt  whether  you  will  bring  your  Regiment 


OF   JAMES   MOXROE.  245 

to  Washington,  -which  you  stated  you  could  not  determine  until  after 
you  left  New-York,  I  beg  leave  to  request,  that  you  will  do  us  the 
favor  to  cause  me  to  be  informed  by  telegraph,  as  early  as  convenient, 
whether  you  will  come  to  Washington.  If  so,  by  what  route,  when 
you  will  leave  Richmond,  and  expect  to  arrive  here. 

This  will  confer  a  great  favor  upon  us.  We  can  promise  but  very 
little  in  the  way  of  display,  but  what  we  can  do  will  be  offered  with 
the  highest  appreciation  of  the  excellent  and  efficient  character  of 
your  Regiment,  and  a  sincere  respect  for  yourself  and  your  com- 
mand individually. 

Expecting  to  hear  from  you  soon,  I  have  the  honor  to  be,  dear 
Colonel,  your  obedient  servant, 

W.  IIiCKEY,  Volunteers  D.  C. 

Washington  Crrr,  July  9th,  1858. 
Colonel  Abram  Duryee,  Commanding  Seventh  Regiment  of  New 
York  : 

My  Dear  Sir:  Sudden  and  severe  indisposition,  from  which  I  am 
gradually  recovering,  alone  prevented  my  tendering  a  personal  wel- 
come to  you  and  your  associates  in  arms ;  and  I  had  hoped  up  to  the 
present  moment  to  be  able  to  carry  out  this  wish,  but  my  physician 
has  placed  me  under  injunctions  not  to  leave  my  house. 

I  deeply  regret  this  circumstance  on  every  account,  but  it  shall 
not  prevent  an  expression  of  my  feelings  on  this  interesting  occasion, 
rendered  doubly  interesting  from  the  patriotic  errand  which  brought 
you  to  this  region  of  our  Union. 

I  am  sure  the  citizens  and  soldiers  of  the  Federal  Metropolis  will 
rejoice  to  meet  you  in  their  city,  and  in  their  name,  as  well  as  for 
myself  individually,  I  offer  to  you,  and  to  those  under  your  com- 
mand, a  hearty  welcome  to  Washington. 

Allow  me  to  add  my  best  wishes  for  a  pleasant  and  safe  return  to 
your  homes. 

I  am.  Colonel,  with  high  regard,  yours  truly, 

James  G.  Bereft. 


246  RE5I0VAL  OP  THE  REMAINS 


LETTERS     OF     THANKS. 

To  Colonel  T.  P.  August,  of  the  First  Regiment  Virginia  Volunteers. 

IfEW-YoRK,  July,  1858. 
Sir  :  Allow  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Officers  of 
Seventh  Regiment  IS'ew-York  National  Guard,  to  express  to  you,  and 
through  you  to  your  Regiment,  their  heartfelt  thanks  for  the  munifi- 
cent entertainment  which  greeted  their  arrival  in  your  beautiful  city. 
It  was  on  a  scale  proportionate  to  the  gigantic  building  in  which  it 
was  served,  and  a  fitting  exponent  of  the  large-heartedness  that  dic- 
tated it,  and  with  the  generous  viands,  too,  there  was  a  "  feast  of 
reason  and  a  flow  of  soul,  that  bid  a  good  digestion  wait  on  appetite, 
and  health  on  both."  We  hail  that  day's  intercourse  as  a  commence- 
ment of  a  new  era  in  the  interchange  of  friendly  sentiments  and 
mutual  kindnesses  between  the  North  and  South.  The  occasion,  of 
necessity,  gave  a  national  character  to  the  imposing  ceremonies  wit- 
nessed in  your  city,  and  a  whole  nation  participated  in  the  cordial 
attentions  so  frankly  tendered  by  your  citizens  and  the  noble  senti- 
ments 80  happily  expressed  by  your  orators.  A  few  such  interviews 
will  do  more  to  dissipate  the  idle  jealousies  that  still  alienate  many, 
and  the  petty  feuds  that  will  estrange  some,  than  all  the  pamphlet- 
writing  and  legislation  of  the  past. 

The  sons  of  New- York  and  Virginia  met  with  extended  hands, 
and  both  are  always  in  earnest,  whether  the  hand  is  given  open  or 
shut.  They  joined  in  friendly  clasp,  and  both  instinctively  felt  it 
was  the  warm  grasp  of  a  brother. 

You  gave  us  a  welcome  warm  as  the  sky  of  your  own  sunny 
South,  and  we  yearn  for  an  opportunity  to  show  that  the  cold  in 
clime  are  not  cold  in  affection,  and  to  prove  to  you  that  we  can  ap- 
preciate your  generosity,  though  we  never  can  forget  your  kind 
offices  so  prodigally  showered  upon  us,  on  that  soil  that  gave  birth 
to  the  Father  of  his  Country,  and  where  we  all  felt  we  were  sons, 
and  where,  too,  a  mutual  feeling,  we  trust,  animated  each  heart,  like 
that  which  warmed  the  souls  of  our  forefathers  when  they  met  on 
the  battle-fields  of  the  Revolution. 

Marshall  Lefferts,  Lieut.-Col., 

H.  C.  Shumwat,  Capt.,  Committee 

B.  M.  Nevers,  Capt.,  >  of 

J.  Monroe,  Capt.,  Board  of  Officers. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Weston,  Chaplain, 


OF   JAMES   MONKOE.  247 


To  his  Excellency,  Henry  A.  Wlse^  Governor  of  Virginia. 

New-York,  July,  1858. 
Sir:  The  undersigned,  in  behalf  of  the  National  Guard  of  New- 
York,  and  by  direction  of  the  Board  of  Officers,  beg  most  respect- 
fully to  tender  you  their  sincere  thanks  for  the  cordial  reception 
extended  to  them,  by  the  capital  of  your  State,  the  city  of  Richmond, 
and  especially  for  the  elegant  entertainment  the  officers  enjoyed  at 
your  hospitable  home. 

New-York  had  guarded  well  the  sacred  ashes  intrusted  to  her 
care,  and  hastened  to  respond  to  the  call  of  Virginia  when  she 
demanded  the  dust  of  her  beloved  son. 

It  is  an  event  not  soon  to  be  forgotten ;  it  is  indeed  already  a  part 
of  history,  and  your  able  and  eloquent  address  at  the  tomb  of  the 
great  man  whom  we  had  met  to  honor,  was  worthy  of  the  occasion, 
and  we  can  pronounce  no  higher  eulogium.  The  address  will  never 
be  effaced  from  our  memories.  It  elicited  a  hearty  response  from 
every  heart ;  it  breathed  no  partisan  spirit ;  there  was  nothing  nar- 
row or  sectional  in  its  tone  ;  but  it  was  as  broad  and  catholic  as  the 
sun  that  shone  over  our  heads,  and  the  breeze  that  fanned  our  brows. 
"We  are  confident  we  express  the  sentiments  of  the  entire  Regi- 
ment, when  we  say  it  added  a  new  ligament  to  the  bonds  which  hold 
together  our  vast  Republic. 

We  left  your  noble  State  better  patriots,  and  felt  after  having  wor- 
shipped together  at  the  altars  of  your  mighty  dead,  that  "  e'en  in 
their  ashes  live  their  wonted  fires,"  and  that  we  were  indeed  breth- 
ren laboring  together  in  the  sublime  cause  of  common  humanity. 
With  the  highest  esteem. 

We  remain  your  obedient  servants, 
Marshall  Lefferts,  Lieut.-Col.,  "] 
H.  C.  SiiUMWAY,  Capt.,  I  Committee 

B.  M.  Nevers,  Capt.,  V  of 

J.  Monroe,  Capt.,  Board  of  Officers. 

Rev.  J.  II.  Weston,  Chaplain,      J 

Reply. 

Richmond,  Va.,  Sept.  15,  1858. 

Gentlemen:  Within  the  last  few  days  I  returned  to  this  city,  after 
an  absence  of  several  weeks,  during  which  yours  of  the  day  of 

July  last  was  received  at  my  office. 

It  gives  me  sincere  pleasure  to  acknowledge  this  token  of  your 


248  REMOVAL  OF  THE  REMAINS 

regard  and  esteem.  The  National  Guard  of  New-York  came  to  our 
Capitol  on  a  sacred  mission,  to  restore  the  ashes  of  a  beloved  son  of 
this  State  who  had  in  peace  and  in  war  served  his  whole  country, 
and  piously  they  performed  the  patriotic  duty.  Our  Capitol,  Rich- 
mond City,  was  honored  by  their  visit,  and  proudly  our  people 
endeavored  to  acknowledge  the  compliment.  As  the  Governor  of 
the  State,  I  should  have  been  wanting  in  duty  to  her  and  false  to  my 
own  feelings  if  I  had  not  tendered  to  the  Seventh  Regiment  of  New- 
York  the  most  cordial  reception.  And  well  did  they  deserve  it,  not 
only  for  the  object  of  their  escort,  but  for  their  conduct  as  soldiers, 
and  gentlemen,  and  patriots. 

I  beg  you  to  thank  the  Board  of  Officers  for  their  kind  letter 
through  you,  which  I  have  had  framed  and  hung  up  in  the  Execu- 
tive Mansion,  to  be  transmitted  to  posterity  as  a  memorial  of  the 
event  of  your  visit,  characterized  in  all  respects  by  every  sentiment 
of  brotherly  affection  and  of  filial  devotion  to  a  common  country. 
The  Virginians  and  the  New-Yorkers  took  hold  of  the  horns  of  the 
altar  together,  and  from  the  very  ashes  of  the  Revolutionary  sire  they 
reinterred,  were  inspired  anew,  with  the  fealty  of  old,  to  the  whole 
United  States,  their  glory  of  the  past,  their  interest  of  the  present, 
their  destiny  for  the  future,  and  their  honor  and  perpetuity  in  a 
blessed  union  now  and  forever.  May  we  always  promote  and  cher- 
ish the  sympathies  of  Brethren  and  remain  One  People. 
I  am,  gentlemen,  most  gratefully. 

Your  obliged  fellow-citizen  and  friend, 

Henry  A.  Wise. 


To 


Marshall  Lefferts,  Lieut. -Col., 

H.  C.  Shumway,  Capt., 

B.  M.  Nevers,  Capt., 

J.  Monroe,  Capt,, 

Rev.  J.  II.  Weston,  Chaplain, 


Committee 

of 

Board  of  Officer; 


To  Hon.  Joseph  Mayo,  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Richmond, 

New- York,  July,  1858. 

Sir  :  We  have  been  directed  by  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Officers 
of  the  Seventh  Regiment  New- York  National  Guard,  to  convey  to 
you,  and  through  you  as  the  official  head  to  the  City  Council  of 
Richmond,  the  deep  sense  of  obligation  the  entire  Regiment  feel  for 
tlie  free  and  generous  hospitality  of  your  city  upon  our  recent  visit. 

The  most  simple  expressions  of  satisfaction  and  lasting  remem 


OP   JAMES    MOXROE.  249 

brance  of  our  limited  stay  among  you,  are  more  consonant  to  our  real 
emotions  of  respect,  gratitude,  and  fraternal  feeling. 

The  Regiment  were  fortunate  in  the  privilege  of  bearing  a  token 
so  precious  to  Virginia  as  the  remains  of  James  Monroe,  and  which 
enabled  them  to  testify  their  admiration  for  his  character  and  the 
virtues  which  made  him  illustrious,  as  well  as  the  love  and  regard 
they  entertain  for  the  State  which  gave  him  birth. 

We  knew  the  citizens  of  Virginia  would  be  sensible  of  the  compli- 
ment intended,  and  that  we  could  rely  upon  their  sympathy.  We 
knew  the  proverbial  hospitality  of  her  people ;  but  with  all  our 
knowledge  we  were  not  prepared  for  a  kindness  so  diffused,  for  at- 
tentions so  universal,  for  offerings  so  freely  laid  before  us. 

Virginia  gathered  fresh  laurels ;  while  the  cordial  greetings  of 
friends  from  distant  States  were  cemented  by  an  Everlasting  remem- 
brance. 

We  can  not  express  by  words  the  gratification  of  the  Regiment 
with  their  visit ;  but  we  can  with  the  utmost  sincerity  assure  you 
that  we  shall  never  forget  the  city  of  Richmond  and  the  names  of 
all  those  who  acted  as  the  representatives  of  her  hospitality. 

Receive,  Mr.  Mayor,  our  personal  regard,  and  believe  us,  with 
great  respect, 

Your  obedient  servants, 
Marshall  Lefferts,  Lieut. -Col., 
H.  C.  Shumway,  Capt.,  Committee 

B.  M.  Nevers,  Capt.,  I  of 

J.  Monroe,  Capt.,  Board  of  Officers. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Westox,  Chaplain, 

To  Major  Wm.  H.  French,  United  States  Artillery,  Baltimore,  Md. 

New- York,  July,  1858. 

Sir:  The  Seventh  Regiment  If  ational  Guard,  by  resolution  of  their 
Board  of  Officers,  have  instructed  us  to  convey  to  yourself  and  offi- 
cers of  the  corps,  the  thanks  of  the  Regiment  for  the  honor  conferred 
in  giving  us  a  military  escort  through  the  city  of  Baltimore,  on  our 
return  from  the  South.  We  feel  the  more  sensible  of  the  distinction, 
because  we  do  not  belong  to  the  regularly  constituted  military  arm 
of  Government,  and  your  courtesy  was  as  unexpected  as  it  was  gra- 
tifying and  appreciated. 

Your  magnificent  Battery  was  the  admiration  of  all,  and  the 
promptness  and  celerity  of  its  movements  showed  full  well  the  liand 
of  the  soldier  in  its  direction. 


250  REMOVAL    OF   THE    REMAINS 


Of  the  many  pleasing  incidents  of  our  journey,  there  was  scarcely 
one  which  gave  us  so  much  real  satisfaction,  as  the  parading  of  your 
Battery  for  our  honor. 

Be  assured  of  the  kind  recollection  in  which  the  Regiment  will 
hold  the  name  of  yourself  and  officers,  and  that  we  shall  at  all  times 
be  ready  to  give  you  a  soldier's  welcome,  upon  a  visit  to  our  city. 

Marshall  Lefferts,  Lieut.-Col.,  "[ 

H.  C.  Shumway,  Capt,  j  Committee 

B.  M.  Nevers,  Capt., 

J.  Monroe,  Capt., 

Rev.  J.  H.  Weston,  Chaplain, 


of 
Board  of  Officers. 


To  Capt.  Peter  Lyle,  National  Guard,  City  of  Philadelphia^  Pa. 

New-York,  July,  1858. 
Sir  :  By  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Officers  of  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment National  Guard,  we  are  directed  to  convey  to  yourself  and 
command,  the  kind  remembrance  the  Regiment  entertain  of  your 
free  and  bountiful  offers  as  we  passed  through  your  beautiful  city, 
on  our  way  home  from  Richmond. 

It  will  ever  be  a  cause  of  regret  that  circumstances  deprived  us 
of  at  least  a  few  hours'  social  intercourse  with  a  corps  so  well  known 
to  us  by  reputation,  drawn  closer  to  us  by  having  the  same  distinct- 
ive name  as  ourselves,  and  now  endeared  to  us  by  that  frank  and 
cordial  welcome,  as  unexpected  by  us  as  it  was  generous  and  noble 
on  your  part. 

It  was  necessary  that  we  should  arrive  in  New-York  that  evening, 
and  we  were  informed  that  we  should  have  no  time  to  spare  if  we 
wished  to  take  the  train.  It  was  this  necessity  which  compelled  us 
to  decline  your  hospitality.  Although  we  were  together  but  a  very 
short  time,  yet  friendships  were  established,  and  the  interchange  of 
social  greetings  have  made  their  lasting  impressions. 

Could  we  combine  the  varied  expressions  of  the  rank  and  file  of 
our  Regiment,  and  thus  convey  their  sentiments  of  esteem  and  regard, 
you  would  be  satisfied,  but  it  can  not  be  expressed  in  words.  We 
can  prove  it  by  our  intercourse  and  by  a  soldier's  welcome,  should 
you  individually  or  collectively  join  hands  with  us  in  New- York. 
Marshall  Lefferts,  Lieut.-Col., 
H.  C.  Shumway,  Capt.,  Committee 

B.  M.  Nevers,  Capt.,  V  of 

J.  Monroe,  Capt.,  Board  of  Officers. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Weston,  Chaplain, 


OF   JA3IES    MONROE.  251 


To  Richard  WaUach,  Esq.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Xew-York,  July,  1858. 
Sir  :  We  are  directed  by  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Officers  of  the 
Seventh  Regiment  to  convey  to  you  their  appreciation  of  your  lib- 
eral and  generous  conduct  during  their  stay  in  your  city. 

It  is  not  too  much  for  us  to  say  that  your  prompt  and  liberal  offer 
to  place  at  our  disposal  your  excellent  steamers  for  our  journey  to 
Mount  Vernon  had  much  to  do  with  our  decision  in  paying  a  visit 
to  the  Capitol  of  our  countrj^,  and  we  sensibly  acknowledge  our 
indebtedness  to  you  for  much  that  made  that  visit  pleasant,  and 
happy,  and  agreeable.  The  Regiment  will  never  forget  the  few  mo- 
ments they  spent  at  the  grave  of  "Washington,  and  can  not  well  efface 
the  part  you  acted,  so  quiet  and  unobtrusive,  yet  so  generous  and 
kind,  in  putting  us  down  upon  the  spot  without  hire  and  without 
price. 

The  mention  of  your  name  will  always  command  attention  in  the 
ranks,  and  a  hearty  welcome  on  all  occasions  whenever  we  meet. 
Marshall  Lefferts,  Lieut.-Col. 
H.  C.  Shl'mwat,  Capt., 
B.  M.  Nevers,  Capt., 

J.  Monroe,  Capt.,  I      Board  of  Officers. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Weston,  Chaplain,     j 


f 


Committee 
of 


To  Capt.  JjOicber,  Steamer  Ericsson. 

New- York,  July,  1858. 

Dear  Sir  :  The  Seventh  Regiment  National  Guard  have,  by  their 
Board  of  Officers,  directed  us  to  convey  to  you  the  sentiments  they 
entertain  for  your  abilities  as  a  commander,  and  your  untiring  efforts 
to  perform  your  duties,  while  we  were  on  board  your  vessel,  witli 
fidelity  to  the  owners,  and  satisfaction  to  your  guests.  On  our  recent 
trip  to  Richmond  and  "Washington,  there  were  unfortunate  circum- 
stances calculated  to  irritate  and  mar  the  pleasure  of  the  journey,  but 
the  kind  and  careful  consideration  which  you  gave  to  every  act,  your 
unwearied  efforts  for  our  comfort  and  pleasure,  and  the  uniform  and 
gentlemanly  manner  which  marked  your  intercourse,  made  you  a 
host  of  warm  and  lasting  friends. 

Notwithstanding  the  vexatious  delays,  caused  by  the  fault  of  the 
pilot,  not  one  word  of  dissatisfaction  was  expressed  as  to  yourself  or 
the  beautiful  vessel  which  you  command;  on  the  contrary,  the  very 


252  EEilOVAL    OF   THE    REMAINS 

troubles  alluded  to,  excited  our  sympathy,  while  your  frank  and  open 
intercourse  secured  our  esteem  and  respect. 

Be  assured  of  the  truth  of  these  declarations,  for  we  should  feel 
that  our  humble  efforts  in  expressing,  in  part,  the  sentiments  of  the 
Regiment  were  indeed  of  little  consequence,  if  they  were  to  be  re- 
ceived by  you  as  mere  formal  thanks,  or  idle  compliments. 

You  will  always  receive  a  hearty  welcome  from  the  National 
Guard  of  New-York,  and  you  have  their  united  wishes  for  a  pros- 
perous and  happy  voyage  o'er  life's  troubled  seas,  and  an  anchorage 
upuQ  the  golden  sands  of  eternity. 

Marshall  Lefferts,  Lieut. -Col.,  ^ 

H.  C.  SuuMWAY,  Capt.,  I  Committee 

B.  M.  Nevers,  Capt.  )■  of 

J.  MoxROE,  Capt.,  Board  of  Officers. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Westox,  Chaplain. 

To  Jfessrs.  P.  ct  M.  Brown,  Washington,  D.  C. 

New- York,  Julj^,  1858. 

Gextlemen'  :  The  undersigned,  having  been  directed  by  resolution 
of  the  Board  of  Officers  to  make  suitable  acknowledgments  on  be- 
half of  the  Regiment,  for  the  many  acts  of  courtesy  and  kindness 
extended  to  us  on  the  occasion  of  our  late  visit  to  Richmond  and 
Washington,  find  it  a  most  difficult  duty  to  convey  in  any  adequate 
sense  the  deep  impressions  that  have  been  made  upon  our  hearts  by 
the  warm  and  varied  hospitalities  extended  to  us  at  every  point,  and 
by  all  with  whom  we  came  in  contact — each  vying  with  the  other, 
to  treat  us  more  like  brothers  than  strangers  from  a  distant  State. 

But,  among  all  the  acts  of  kindness  shown  us,  none  has  afforded 
us  greater  pleasure,  and  at  the  same  time  proved  so  difficult  of  ac- 
knowledgment, as  your  own  munificent  hospitality,  in  quartering  at 
your  splendid  house,  without  charge,  nearly  one  half  of  the  Regi- 
ment, free  from  all  restraint,  and  providing  for  all  their  wants  with 
a  liberality  as  unequalled  as  it  was  unexpected. 

As  often  as  we  shall  recur  to  the  pleasures  of  our  trip  and  the  acts 
of  hospitality  every  where  extended  to  us,  none  will  have  left  deep- 
er impressions  than  your  own,  and  each  one  of  us  will  feel  but  too 
happy  in  an  opportunity  of  personally  testifying  our  appreciation  of 
them. 

That  the  largest  measure  of  happiness  and  success  may  be  in  store 


OF   JAMES    MONROE. 


253 


for  you,  is  the  sincere  wish  of  every  officer  and  member  of  the  Xa 

tional  Guard. 

Yours  truly, 
Marshall  Lefferts,  Lieut. -Col.,  "" 
H.  C.  Shumway,  Capt,  Committee 

B.  M.  Nevers,  Capt.,  }■  of 

J.  Monroe,  Capt.,  Board  of  Officers. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Weston,  Chaplain, 


To  Major  Josejyh  P.  Warner,  City  Guard  of  Baltimore. 

New- York,  July,  1858. 
Sir  :  The  Seventh  Regiment  National  Guard  desire  to  return  you 
their  sincere  thanks  for  military  courtesies  during  our  passage 
through  your  city,  upon  a  recent  visit  South.  For  this  purpose  the 
Board  of  Officers  have  by  resolution  directed  us  to  convey  to  your- 
self and  to  your  command  the  obligations  they  feel  for  the  kind 
attentions  shown  us  upon  the  occasion  alluded  to. 

We  feel  very  sorry  that  the  heat  of  the  day,  in  connection  with 
our  previous  fatigue,  and  the  short  time  allowed  us  to  reach  the  cars 
at  the  next  depot,  prevented  us  from  accepting  more  generally  of 
your  proffered  hospitality^ 

We  had  hoped  to  be  able,  when  leaving  New-York,  not  only  to 
visit  your  city,  but  to  mingle  with  you  in  social  intercourse. 

Time  was  not  allowed  us  to  become  personally  acquainted,  but  the 
soldier's  welcome,  which  you  gave  us,  will  be  retained  with  pleasant 
recollections. 

Marshall  Lefferts,  Lieut.-Col., 

H.  C.  Shumway,  Capt.,  Committee 

B.  M.  Nevers,  Capt.,  I  of 

J.  Monroe,  Capt.,  Board  of  Officers. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Weston,  Chaplain, 


CHRONOLOGICAL  HISTORY 


<^fv«ntfc  §tpmmt,  ^ixtxoml  ^mxxA, 


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Tjjinsoisr  G-.  T^^OLT^E,  3d  Co.,  :isr.  g. 


OBIQIN"    OF    ITS    ORGANIZATION. 

1824. — August  IQth.  On  the  reception  of  the  Mar- 
quis De  La  Fayette  on  his  arrival  in  this  country,  the 
New-York  Division  of  State  Artillery  paraded  in  honor 
of  that  illustrious  patriot.  As  that  celebrated  Com- 
mander of  the  National  Guard  of  Paris  had  just  passed 
the  Eleventh  Regiment,  a  group  of  officers  collected  to- 
gether, and  with  eager  eyes  followed  the  distinguished 
General  in  his  review  down  the  line.  The  long  and  pro- 
tracted silence  was  broken  by  Major  John  D.  "Wilson,  one 
of  the  party,  observing  :  "  How  I  would  like  to  command 
a  Regiment  of  National  Guards."  (Just  j^revious  to  Gen. 
La  Fayette's  reviewing  the  Regiment,  propqsitions  were 
made  by  Captains  Hawley,  Telfair,  Curtis,  and  Simons, 
who  commanded  the  four  Infantry  Companies  of  the 
Eleventh  Regiment,  and  L.  W.  Stevens,  who  commanded 
an  Artillery  corps  of  the  same  Regiment,  to  organize  a 
Battalion  of  Infantry,  composed  of  six  companies.)  The 
remark  was  electric  ;  Capt.  Stevens  then  proposed  the 
organization  of  a  Regiment,  and  made  ^propositions  to  O. 
M.  Lownds,  Esq.,  an  influential  citizen,  who  at  that  mo- 
ment joined  the  party,  that  each  should  raise  a  Company 


HISTORY    OF  THE   SEVENTH    REGI^rEXT.  255 

and  attach  tliem  to  the  four  Companies  already  organized, 
and  constitute  a  portion  of  the  j^roposed  Regiment,  and 
to  give  it  the  name  of  National  Guard.  The  proposition 
meeting  with  the  hearty  concurrence  of  Captains  Haw- 
ley,  Telfair,  Curtis,  and  Simons,  and  with  the  active  coop- 
eration of  Major  John  D.  Wilson,  one  of  the  leading 
spirits  in  this  movement,  may  be  dated  the  origin  of  this 
celebrated  corps. 

December  2bth.  Captain  Lownds,  with  his  company, 
was  admitted  into  the  battalion  as  the  Fifth  Company 
National  Guard. 

December  21th.  Captain  Stevens  was  ordered  to  as- 
sume command  of  the  Sixth  Company,  which  was  organ- 
ized and  made  up  by  the  transfer  of  a  portion  of  the  ar- 
tillery company  which  he  commanded  in  the  Eleventh 
Regiment.  The  Eleventh  Regiment  was  organized  as 
artillery  and  infantry,  and  designated  as  the  First  and 
Second  Battalions.  The  National  Guard  were  known  as 
the  Second  Battalion. 

To  the  above-named  gentlemen  must  be  awarded  the 
honor  and  credit  of  having  called  into  existence  a  corps 
which  reflects  upon  them  the  enviable  distinction  as 
founders  of  this  distinguished  Regiment,  which  has  al- 
ways maintained  its  supremacy,  and  attracted  the  atten- 
tion and  admiration  of  the  country  for  its  discipline  no 
less  than  for  its  support  of  law  and  order  under  many 
circumstances  of  the  most  trying  nature. 

1825. — June  21th.  The  order  of  the  Commander-in- 
Chief,  Governor  De  Witt  Clinton,  was  issued  for  the  con- 
solidation of  the  battalion  with  the  infantry  companies 
of  the  Second  Regiment,  consisting  of  two  companies — 
the  La  Fayette  and  Clinton  Guard. 

July.  Prosper  M.  Wetmore  was  elected  Major — the 
first  field  ofiicer  of  the  Battalion  of  National  Guard. 

September  2bth.  A  Company,  under  Captain  Van  Bu- 
ren,  was  admitted  as  the  Seventh  Company. 

October  ISth.     Prosper  M.  Wetmore  was  promoted  to 


256  HISTORY   OF  THE   SEVENTH   REGIMENT. 

V 

the  rank  of  Lieut.-Colonel,  and  Captain  Stevens  to  the 
Majority. 

1826. — The  Commander-in-Chief  ordered  the  battahon 
to  be  organized  into  a  new  regiment,  and  to  be  known 
as  the  Twenty  Seventh  Regiment  N.Y.S.  Artillery. 

March  2d.  The  gray  uniform  was  adopted  by  the 
Regiment.  On  this  day,  while  on  drill,  Sergeant  Asher 
Taylor,  of  the  Fourth  Company,  received  the  thanks  of 
the  officers  of  the  Regiment  for  designing  a  coat-of-arms 
and  sketching  suitable  designs  for  the  colors  of  the  Regi- 
ment, which  w^ere  unanimously  adopted. 

April  5th.  The  first  By-Laws  of  the  regiment  were 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Officers. 

May.  The  Eighth  Company  was  organized,  and  An- 
drew Warner  elected  Captain. 

Juli/  2Sd.  Lieut.-Colonel  Wetmore  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  Colonel,  and  Major  Stevens  to  Lieut.-Colonel. 

October.  The  Regiment  w^as  inspected  for  the  first 
time,  and  277  men  appeared  on  parade.  Total  strength 
437  men. 

1827. — April.  Lieut.-Colonel  Stevens  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  Colonel,  vice  Wetmore  resigned.  Major 
Manning  to  Lieut.-Colonel,  and  Captain  Boyd  to  that  of 
Major. 

October.  By  order  of  the  Commanding  Officer,  the 
Eighth  Company  was  disbanded,  in  consequence  of  the 
paucity  of  its  numerical  force,  and  not  meeting  the  re- 
quirements of  the  laws  then  in  existence. 

October  21th.     The  Regiment  inspected — 276  men. 

1 828. — June  1  ^th.  A  new  Eighth  Company  was  organ- 
ized, under  the  command  of  Captain  John  H.  Brower. 

July  Zd.  The  Philadelphia  Grays  visited  Xew-York. 
They  were  received  by,  and  became  the  guests  of,  the 
National  Guard.  They  also  participated  with  them  in 
celebrating  Independence  Day  on  the  4th. 

July.  Colonel  Stevens  resigned,  and  Lieut.-Colonel 
Manning  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Colonel,  Captain 


HTSTOKY   OP   THE   SEVEIO'H   REGIMENT.  257 

Hart  to  that  of  Lieut.  Colonel,  while  Boyd  still  retained 
the  post  of  Major. 

September^  Colonel  Manning  resigned,  and  Lieut.-Col- 
onel  Hart  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Colonel. 

1830. — January.     Colonel  Hart  resigned. 

Jaiiuary  2bth.     L.  W.  Stevens  was  reelected  Colonel. 

March  22d.  George  Dixey  was  elected  Lieut.-Colonel, 
but  declined  serving,  while  Morgan  L.  Smith  was  elected 
Major,  shortly  afterwards  promoted  Lieut.-Colonel,  and 
John  M.  Catlin  was  elected  Major. 

1831. — July  2d.  The  Regiment  made  an  excursion  to 
Poughkeepsie,  (which  was  its  first,)  and  returned  July 
5th.     The  Rendezvous  was  called  Camp  Clinton. 

July  1th.  The  Regiment  paraded  to  attend  the  fune- 
ral obsequies  of  Ex-President  Monroe,  doing  escort  duty 
on  that  occasion. 

In  the  autumn  the  Regiment  was  inspected,  and  paraded 
411  men,  while  the  total  strength  was  592. 

1 832. — February  1th.  A  splendid  medal  was  presented 
by  the  Regiment  to  General  La  Fayette. 

This  medal  was  committed  to  the  care  of  James  Fen- 
imore  Cooper,  Esq.,  then  American  Consul  at  Lyons, 
with  suitable  communications,  requesting  that  he  would 
present  it  in  such  a  manner,  and  at  such  a  time,  as  he 
should  deem  proper.  It  was  also  accompanied  by  the 
annexed  letter  to  the  General,  written  by  a  committee 
in  behalf  of  the  corps  : 

General  :  The  National  Guard  of  the  city  of  Xew-York,  a  corps 
of  citizen-soldiers,  have  the  honor  to  present  for  your  acceptance  the 
accompanying  token  of  the  sentiments  entertained  by  the  sons  of 
liberty  in  America  for  the  dauntless  champion  of  that  sacred  cause, 
whose  distinguished  services  in  three  revolutions,  and  whose  untiring 
exertions  in  behalf  of  the  oppressed  and  enslaved  of  every  nation, 
have  raised  for  the  hero,  "  monumentum  cere  perennius." 

With  a  fervent  prayer  for  your  health  and  happiness,  we  are. 
General  j'our  obedient  servants, 

L,  W.  Stevens,  Colonel. 

M.  L.  Smith,  Lieutenant-Colonel. 

To  General  Lafayette.  J.  M.  Catlin,  ilajor. 


258  HISTORY    OF   THE   SEVENTH    REGIMEXT. 

In  reply  to  the  annexed,  the  following  letters  were  re- 
ceived : 

Paris,  November,  22d,  1832. 

Gentlemen  :  I  did  not  get  the  medal  you  intrusted  to  my  care,  in 
order  to  be  delivered  to  General  Lafayette,  until  the  middle  of 
October,  in  consequence  of  a  long  absence  from  Paris.  At  my  re- 
turn, General  Lafayette  was  out  of  town,  and  no  opportunity  offered 
to  acquit  myself  of  the  trust  until  quite  lately. 

Yesterday  I  gave  a  dinner  to  General  Lafaj-ette  at  my  own  house, 
and  in  the  evening  we  had  a  meeting  of  friends,  chosen  from  among 
the  different  nations  of  Europe,  of  which  this  city  has  always  an 
ample  representation.  It  struck  me  this  expedient  was  the  best  I 
could  devise  to  meet  your  wishes. 

In  the  course  of  the  evening  I  presented  your  letter,  resolutions, 
etc.,  with  the  medal,  and  explained  the  object  of  all  in  a  short  ad- 
dress. I  have  the  pleasure  to  inclose  the  answer  of  General  Lafay- 
ette with  this  letter. 

Among  the  guests  were  Lieutenant-General  Corapte  Tac,  a  distin- 
guished Polish  patriot ;  Lieutenant-General  Sir  John  Yanderleur,  of 
the  British  army ;  Brigadier-General  Wool,  Captain  Finch,  and  se- 
veral other  officers  of  our  own  service.  All  our  own  officers  ap- 
peared in  uniform,  in  compliment  to  the  occasion.  Several  distin- 
guished civilians,  and  many  ladies,  were  witnesses  of  your  intentions. 
Mr.  Bernet  and  Mr.  C.  Barnet,  the  Consuls  at  Paris  and  Venice,  had 
great  pleasure  in  attending. 

Demonstrations  of  attachment,  and  of  adherence  to  his  principles, 
are,  at  all  times,  peculiarly  grateful  to  General  Lafayette,  when 
coming  from  America.  He  considers  himself  a  disciple  of  our  school, 
and  justly  believes  that  he  wishes  no  more  for  France  than  can  be 
accomplished  by  imitation,  with  such  modifications  as  prudence 
would  dictate,  on  our  institutions.  Your  own  oflfering  has  been 
happily  timed,  for  it  reached  him  at  a  moment  when  his  enemies 
are  the  loudest  and  most  vindictive  in  their  attacks.  You  will 
permit  me  to  express  the  satisfaction  I  have  had  in  being  chosen 
as  the  organ  of  your  feelings  on  this  occasion.  It  has  given  me 
an  opportunity  of  proving  that  I  do  not  altogether  misrepresent 
American  sentiment  when  I  affirm  its  attachment  to  Lafayette, 
and  may  by  implication  help  to  sustain  me  in  what  I  say  of 
American  institutions.  This  expression  may  cause  you  surprise, 
gentlemen,  but  I  feel  persuaded,  that  did  the  American  people 
rightly  understand  the  doctrines  that  have  been  extensively  circu- 
lated in  Europe  of  lat^,  and  under  the  sanction  of  their  authority, 


HISTORY    OP   THE   SEVENTH    EEGIMEXT.  259 

they  would  issue  a  rebuke  that  would  fully  vindicate  their  majesty 
as  well  as  their  principles. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  gentlemen,  your  obedient  servant, 

J.  Fenimore  Cooper. 
To  Messrs.  L.  "W.  Ste\t:xs, 
M,  L.  Smith, 
J.  M.  Catlin. 

Paris,  November  — ,  1832. 

Gextlemex  :  Tlie  precious  specimen  of  American  produce  and 
American  industry,  which,  in  the  name  of  the  Xational  Guard  of 
New-York,  and  by  a  unanimous  vote  of  the  Twenty-seventh  Regi 
ment  State  Artillery,  have  been  pleased  to  offer  to  an  American 
veteran,  is  a  new  testimony  of  that  persevering  affection  of  which 
it  has  been,  during  near  sixty  years,  the  pride  and  delight  of  my 
life,  to  be  the  happy  object.  The  only  merit  on  my  part  which  it 
does  not  exceed  is  to  be  found  in  the  warmth  of  my  gratitude,  and 
the  patriotic  devotion  that  binds  to  the  United  States  the  loving 
heart  of  an  adopted  son. 

The  honor  which  the  gift  and  devices  of  the  beautiful  medal  have 
conferred  upon  me  is  still  enhanced  by  its  connection  with  the  hun- 
dredth anniversary  birthday  of  our  great  and  matchless  Washing- 
ton, of  whom  it  is  the  most  gratifying  circumstance  of  my  life  to 
have  been  the  beloved  and  faithful  disciple,  in  no  point  more  than 
in  his  fond  hope  of  a  perpetual  union  between  the  States  of  the 
Confederacy — an  union  which,  as  it  has  been  the  cherished  object 
of  his  last  recommendation  to  his  fellow-citizens,  and  the  wish  of  his 
last  breath,  so  it  shall  be  to  the  last  breath  of  every  one  of  us  who 
had  the  happiness  to  fight  and  bleed  for  American  independence  and 
freedom. 

I  beg  you,  gentlemen,  to  convey  to  the  kind  donators  the  expres- 
sion of  my  profound  affectionate  gratitude  and  respect,  and  to  re- 
ceive for  yourselves  the  particular  acknowledgments  of  your  most 
sincere  and  obliged  friend, 

Lafayette. 

To  Colonel  L,  W.  Stevens, 

Lieutenant-Colonel  M.  L.  Smith, 
Major  J.  M.  Catlix. 

June  2%th.  The  Regiment,  Colonel  Stevens  command- 
ing, went  on  an  encampment  excursion  to  New-Haven. 
Their  place  of  rendezvous  was  called  Camp  Putnam. 


260       HISTORY  OP  THE  SEVENTH  KEGIMEXT. 


In  the  autumn  the  Regiment  was  inspected,  when  it 
paraded  435  men.     Total  strength  555  men. 

The  Sixth  Company  withdrew  from  the  Regiment, 
owing  to  some  difficulty  caused  by  Captain  Postly. 

The  Regiment  inspected  in  the  fall,  and  paraded  397 
men.     Total  strength  532. 

1834. — In  consequence  of  the  withdrawal  of  the  Sixth 
Company,  it  was  reorganized  and  admitted  11th  February, 
the  Fourth  Company  generously  contributing  over  thirty 
men  to  make  up  this  command. 

July,  The  Regiment  went  into  camp  at  Camp  Hamil- 
ton, on  Hamilton-Square,  where  they  remained  7  days. 

July,  Regiment  was  ordered  out  to  quell  the  so-called 
"  Nigger  Riot."  Over  300  men  reported  themselves  for 
duty — were  under  arms  two  days.  Col.  Stevens  com- 
manding. 

1835. — January.  Colonel  Stevens  resigned,  and  Lieut.- 
Colonel  Morgan  Smith  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of 
Colonel,  Major  Catlin  to  Lieut.-Colonel,  and  Captain 
Roome  to  the  office  of  Major. 

1837. — April,  Colonel  Smith  and  Major  Roome  re- 
signed. 

N'ovemher.  Lieut.-Colonel  Catlin  was  promoted  to 
Colonel,  Captain  Jones  to  Lieut.-Colonel,  and  Captain 
Burt  to  Major. 

1838. — March.  The  National  Guard  Troop  was  ad- 
mitted into  the  Regiment. 

1839. — February.     Major  Burt  resigned. 

March.  Captain  Edward  T.  Backhouse  was  elected 
Major. 

July  \8t.  Regiment  went  into  garrison  duty  at  Fort 
Hamilton.  On  the  2d,  the  Regiment  returned  to  the  city 
to  parade  and  receive  the  President  of  the  United  States, 
Mr.  Van  Buren,  then  on  a  visit  to  this  city,  and  returned 
to  the  Fort  same  day :  remained  there  until  the  6th, 
when  they  came  back  to  the  city. 


HISTORY    OF    THE    SEVENTH    KEGIJMENT.  261 

September  5th.     Colonel  Catlin  resigned. 
October  1st.     Lieut. -Colonel  Wm.  Jones  was  promoted 
Colonel,  vice  Catlin  resigned. 

November  14th.  Major  E.  T.  Backhouse  was  elected 
Lieut.-Colonel,  vice  Jones  promoted. 

1 840. — February.  Captain  W.  R.  Yermilye  was  elected 
Major,  vice  Backhouse  promoted. 

1841. — July.  The  Regiment  received  and  entertained 
the  Boston  Hancock  Light  Infantry. 

1843. — June  11th.  Five  Companies  went  to  Boston  to 
unite  in  celebrating  Bunker  Hill  monument  under  Major 
Vermilye. 

July.  Major  Vermilye  promoted  to  Lieut.-Colonel 
vice  Backhouse  resigned. 

July.  Captain  Geo.  G.  Waters  promoted  to  Major, 
vice  Vermilye  promoted. 

1844. — April.  Lieut.-Colonel  Vermilye  promoted  Col- 
onel, vice  Jones  resigned,  and  Major  Waters  promoted 
to  the  Lieut.-Colonelcy. 

July.  Captain  Andrew  A.  Bremner  was  elected  Major, 
vice  Waters  promoted. 

1845. — May.    Lieut.-Colonel  Waters  resigned. 

June  Sd.  Major  Bremner  was  promoted  to  fill  the 
vacancy  caused  by  the  resignation  of  Lieut.-Colonel 
Waters. 

July.  Regiment  went  into  Camp  Schuyler ;  at  Albany 
remained  one  week. 

August.     Colonel  Vermilye  resigned. 

September  22c?.     Captain  Duryee  was  elected  Major. 

November.  Lieut.-Colonel  Bremner  was  elected  Colo- 
nel, vice  Vermilye  resigned. 

November  24th.  Major  Duryee  was  elected  Lieut.- 
Colonel,  vice  Bremner,  promoted. 

Jidy  21th.  By  orders  from  Commander-in-Chief,  the 
regimental  number  was  changed  from  27th  to  7th  Regi- 
ment. 


262  HISTORY    OF   THE   SEVENTH    KEGIMENT. 


December.    Adjutant  Divver  was  elected  Major. 

1847. — May.     Major  Divver  resigned. 

1848. — February  Sd.  A.  B.  Brinckerhoff,  formerly 
Captain  of  the  X.  G.  Troop,  was  tendered  the  office  of 
Major,  in  place  of  Major  Diwer,  resigned,  which  he  ac- 
cepted. 

October.     Colonel  Bremner  resigned. 

1849. — January  2^th.  Lieut.  Col.  Duryee  was  elected 
Colonel,  vice  Bremner  resigned. 

January.  Major  Brinckerhoff  promoted  to  the  Lieut.- 
Colonelcy ;  Capt.  Morton  promoted  to  Major  same  time. 

May  10th.  Regiment  was  called  out,  and  took  an 
active  part  in  quelling  the  riot  at  Astor-Place.  211 
men  reported  themselves  for  duty,  of  whom  141  were 
severely  wounded. 

November  15th  and  16th.  The  Regiment  was  ordered 
out  on  special  escort  duty  to  the  remains  of  General 
Worth  on  their  arrival  in  this  city  from  Mexico. 

JFhU.  The  Regiment  inspected  436  men.  On  account 
of  the  inclemency  of  the  weather  it  did  not  inspect  as 
many  as  they  could  have  done. 

1850. — July  Sth.  Regiment  went  on  an  excursion  to 
Newport  and  Boston,  returning  on  the  10th  to  this  city. 

July  2Sd.  Regiment  paraded  for  the  purjjose  of 
rendering  funeral  honors  to  the  late  Major-General  Z. 
Taylor,  President  United  States. 

October  Sth.  Regiment  paraded  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
ceiving and  entertaining  the  National  Lancers  of  Boston. 

October.     Regiment  inspected  501  men. 

November.     Major  Morton  resigned. 

1851. — S2yri?iy.  Marshall  Lefferts  elected  Major,  vice 
Morton  resigned. 

May  Vlth.  A  stand  of  colors  was  presented  to  the 
regiment  by  a  delegation  from  Boston,  in  behalf  of  the 
National  Lancers  of  that  city.  317  men  paraded  on  the 
occasion. 


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May  I'Sth.  Regiment  paraded  to  receive  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  Millard  Fillmore,  who  was  on 
a  visit  to  this  city  to  celebrate  the  opening  of  the  Erie 
Railroad. 

Jime.  Boston  Lancers  sent  to  the  Colonel  a  lance  for 
each  company  under  his  command. 

October.     Regiment  inspected  516  men. 

December  IGth.  Regiment  paraded  and  attended  an 
address  delivered  to  the  1st  Division  at  Castle  Garden  by 
Ex-Governor  Kossuth. 

1852. — January.  Regiment  was  ordered,  in  compli- 
ance with  brigade  orders,  to  assemble,  to  hold  themselves 
in  readiness  to  assist  the  city  authorities  in  quelling  any 
attempt  at  riot,  as  it  was  anticipated  there  would  be  a 
disturbance  upon  the  debut  of  Mrs.  Forrest  at  Brougham's 
Lyceum,  (now  Wallack's  Theatre.)  The  different  Com- 
panies turned  out  very  strong. 

February  22d.  Regiment  went  to  Governor's  Island 
for  drill  purposes.  Were  received  and  reviewed  by  Col. 
Gardner  and  staff,  U.  S.  Army. 

May.     Lieut.-Col.  Brinckerhoff  resigned. 

May.  Regiment  went  to  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  for  drill 
purposes. 

Jtme  — .  Major  Lefferts  was  promoted  Lieutenant- 
Colonel,  vice  Brinckerhoff  resigned. 

July  5t/i.  Regiment  went  into  camp  at  New-Haven. 
The  place  of  rendezvous  was  called  Camp  Trumbull. 
Returned  on  the  11th  to  this  city. 

July  20th.  Regiment  paraded  for  the  purpose  of 
rendering  funeral  honors  to  the  late  lamented  Henry 
Clay. 

October.  Regiment  inspected  519  men.  Same  day 
of  inspection,  and  while  the  Regiment  was  in  line  in 
Lafayette  Place,  it  was  announced  that  the  resignation 
of  the  Colonel,  which  had  been  previously  tendered, 
had  been  by  request  withdrawn,  and  that  he  would 
remain,  which  gave  great  satisfaction  to  the  rank  and  file. 


264  H18TOKY    OF   THE   SEVENTH    llEGIMENT. 


November  \^th.  Regiment  paraded  for  the  purpose 
of  rendering  funeral  honors  to  the  late  lamented  Daniel 
Webster. 

1853. — July.  Regiment  paraded  to  participate  in  the 
reception  of  His  Excellency  Franklin  Pierce,  President 
United  States,  and  also  to  participate  in  the  ceremonies 
of  the  inauguration  of  the  Crystal  Palace. 

October,     Regiment  inspected  594  men. 

November.  Miss  Mary  Divver,  daughter  of  the  late 
Adjutant  of  the  Regiment,  deceased,  was  adopted  by  the 
Regiment. 

1 854. —  October.  Regiment  paraded  for  drill  purposes 
at  East  New- York,  returning  same  day. 

October.     Regiment  inspected  637  men. 

1855. — March  \1th.  St.  Patrick's,  day  Regiment  was 
ordered  to  hold  itself  in  readiness  to  put  down  an  antici- 
pated riot  between  Irish  and  Americans.  Nearly  every 
man  belonging  to  the  Regiment  reported  himself  for 
duty. 

June  Ath.  Regiment  went  to  East  New-York  for  drill 
and  parade,  returning  same  day. 

July  9th.  Regiment  went  into  camp  at  Kingston, 
N.  Y.  ;  their  place  of  rendezvous  was  called  "  Camp 
Worth."     Returned  to  this  city  on  the  15th. 

October.     Regiment  inspected  659  men. 

1856.— Jf«y  lOth.  Edgar  M.  Crawford  of  3d  Com- 
pany was  elected  Major,  vice  Lefferts  promoted. 

3fay  12th.  Regiment  went  to  East  New-York  for 
drill  and  parade,  returning  same  day. 

October.     Regiment  inspected  663  men. 

October  16th.  National  Grays  of  Kingston  visited  this 
city,  and  became  the  guests  of  the  Regiment. 

1857. — June  IQth.  Regiment  proceeded  to  Boston  to 
participate  in  the  inauguration  of  the  Warren  Monument 
on  the  17th  ;  returning  on  the  19th. 

Jicly  5th.     Regiment  was  called  out  by  the  Major-Gen- 


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cral  to  suj^press  the  "  Dead  Rabbit"  riot ;  500  men  re- 
})orted  themselves  for  duty.  They  remained  at  the  City 
Arsenal  from  four  o'clock  P.M.  to  four  o'clock  A.M.  6th. 

September  2d.  Regiment  drilled  for  first  time  in 
Duryee's  street  firing  and  fighting. 

September  lUh.  Regiment  was  detailed  as  a  Guard  of 
Honor  to  the  City  Authorities  to  celebrate  the  anniversary 
of  the  capture  of  the  City  of  Mexico. 

October.  Regiment  inspected  853  men  ;  total  strength, 
090. 

October  2d.  Regiment,  Avith  the  3d  Brigade,  went  to 
Xewark,  N.  J.,  for  drill  and  parade. 

November  25?A.  Regiment  paraded  upon  the  occasion 
of  the  removal  of  the  remains  of  the  late  lamented  Major 
General  Worth  from  Greenwood  Cemetry  to  Broadway 
and  Fifth  Avenue. 

1858. — March  Qth.  Regiment  was  detailed  as  guard 
of  honor  to  the  remains  of  the  late  Commodore  Perry, 
U.  S.  Navy,  whose  funeral  obsequies  took  place  this  day. 

June.  Boston  Light  Infantry  visited  this  city.  \Yas 
received  by  a  detachment  of  the  Regiment,  sixteen  m-en 
from  each  Company  being  detailed  for  that  purpose  in 
conjunction  with  the  New-York  Light  Guard,  Brevet 
Colonel  Henry  C.  Shumway  commanding. 

July  dd.  Regiment  tendered  their  services  as  Guard 
of  Honor  to  the  remains  of  late  President  Monroe,  which 
were  removed  from  New- York  to  Richmond,  Va.  Two 
men  from  each  company  were  detailed  as  guard  to  the  re- 
mains on  board  the  steamer  Jamestown,  and  the  Regiment 
then  proceeded  on  board  steamer  Ericsson,  chartered  to 
convey  them  to  Richmond.  Left  the  dock  at  twelve 
o'clock  M. 

5t/i.     Arrived  at  Richmond  at  eleven    o'clock  A.M. 

Were  received  by  the  1st  Regiment  Virginia  Volunteers. 

Marched  to  Hollywood  burial  ground ;  from  thence  to 

Warwick  Mills,  and  partook  of  a  collation  given  by  the 

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266  HISTORY    OF   TH^   SEVENTH    REGIMENT. 

city  authorities  and  the  military  of  Richmond;  from 
thence  to  Capitol  Square,  where  the  Regiment  was  dis- 
missed. 

6th.  At  ten  o'clock  A.M.  theRegiment  was  reviewed  by 
Governor  Wise  and  staff  on  Capitol  Square,  before  a  very 
large  concourse  of  people.  At  seven  o'clock  P.M.,  Regi- 
ment was  reviewed  by  Mayor  Mayo  and  city  authori- 
ties, after  which  they  marched  to  Rockets,  took  steamer 
Glen  Cove  for  steamer  Ericsson  sixty  miles  below 
Richmond,  for  Washington. 

Sth.  At  six  o'clock  P.M.,  3d,  6th,  and  8th  companies 
were  taken  off  the  steamer,  which  was  aground,  by  the 
steamer  Thomas  Collyer,  and  proceeded  to  Washing- 
ton; arriving  there  at  ten  o'clock  P.M.,  were  quartered 
at  the  National  Hotel.  Same  evening  the  1st,  2d,  4th, 
Sth  and  Yth  companies  were  take^i  off  by  the  steamer 
!Mount  Vernon,  and  arrived  at  Washington  at  five 
o'clock,  next  morning,  quartering  at  Brown's  Hotel. 

Juli/  9t/i.  At  eleven  o'clock  A.M.,  Regiment  was  re 
viewed  in  front  of  the  Presidential  mansion  by  His  Ex- 
cellency the  President  of  the  United  States,  James  Bu- 
chanan and  his  Cabinet,  also  several  distinguished  officers 
of  the  United  States  army.  The  members  of  the  Regi- 
ment were  also  introduced  to  the  President  and  his  Cabi- 
net in  the  mansion.  At  four  o'clock  P.M.,  Regiment 
went  to  Mount  Vernon,  and  visited  the  tomb  of  Wash- 
ington. Returning  to  the  city  at  nine  o'clock  P.M., 
were  dismissed. 

lOt/i.  Regiment  took  cars  for  Baltimore  at  eight 
o'clock  A.M.;  were  received  by  the  city  authorities. 
City  Guard,  and  a  company  of  United  States  Artillery, 
commanded  by  Major  W.  H.  French,  United  States 
Army ;  marched  through  Baltimore  to  Philadelphia 
depot ;  arrived  at  Philadelphia  at  four  o'clock  P.M. ; 
were  received  by  the  Philadelphia  National  Guard ; 
rode  through  Philadelphia  to  Camden  and  Amboy  Rail- 


HISTORY    OF   THE   SEVENTH    EEGIMEXT.  267 

road  ;  took  cars  at  Camden  at  five  o'clock  for  Xew-York ; 
took  steamer  Transport  at  Perth  Amboy. 

11th.  Arrived  at  New- York  at  half^past  one  o'clock 
A.M. ;  were  received  by  the  71st  Regiment,  "American 
Guard,"  City  Guard,  and  National  Guard  Battalion,  a 
detachment  of  the  7th  Regiment.  Marched  up  Broad- 
way to  Lafayette  Hall,  when  Regiment  was  dismissed. 

12th.  The  Remains  of  Mr.  Laurens  Hamilton,  a  mem- 
raember  of  Company  6,  National  Guard,  were  brought 
to  this  city  by  a  detachment  of  the  1st  Regiment  Vir- 
ginia Volunteers,  and  were  received  by  a  committee  of 
that  Company.     His  funeral  took  place  next  day. 

14th.  Company  6  N.  G.,  paraded  to  escort  the  Vir- 
ginia Volunteers  to  the  steamer  on  their  departure  home. 

August  dlst.  The  Colonel  detailed  the  2d  company 
X.  G.,  Captain  Shaler,  to  receive  the  Montreal  Field 
Battery  Artillery  on  a  visit  to  this  city,  who  became  the 
guests  of  the  Regiment,  arriving  in  this  city  per  steamer 
Francis  Skiddy  at  one  o'clock,  P.M. 

September  1st.  Regiment  paraded  in  conjunction  with 
the  1st  Division  N.  Y.  S.  F.,  to  celebrate  the  successful 
laying  of  the  Atlantic  Cable,  numbering  over  700  men, 
giving  the  right  of  line  to  their  Montreal  visitors.  After 
the  parade,  the  4th  Company,  Capt.  Riblct,  escorted 
them  to  their  quarters,  Stevens  House. 

September  Sd.  Colonel  of  the  Regiment  detailed  the 
7th  company  N.  G.  to  escort  the  Montreal  company  to 
the  steamer  Commodore  on  their  wav  home. 


This  account  merely  gives  the  most  important  events  concerning  the 
Regiment,  not  the  number  of  parades. 


268  HISTORY    OF   THE    SEVENTH    REGIMENT. 


THE  ORIGIN   OF   THE  UNIFORM. 

The  origin  of  the  uniform  is  interesting,  from  the  pecu- 
liar incident  which  ushered  it  into  notice  and  led  to  its 
final  adoption.  Mr.  P.  H.  Holt,  a  private  of  the  4th 
company,  was  wending  his  way  towards  the  Regimental 
Parade,  fully  uniformed,  armed,  and  equipped,  excepting 
the  coat,  instead  of  which  he  wore  an  exceedingly  well- 
sitting  gray  coat,  which  was  single-breasted,  standing 
collar,  without  folds  in  the  skirts.  It  was  his  intention 
to  stop  at  his  tailor's  and  get  his  uniform  coat,  and  leave 
the  one  just  described.  Passing  along  Pearl  street,  he 
was  encountered  by  Major  Wilson  and  Brigade  Major 
P.  M.  Wetmore,  whose  attention  and  admiration  was  at- 
tracted by  the  neat  appearance  of  his  coat.  Young  Holt 
was  arrested  on  his  way,  and  underwent  a  thorough  and 
minute  examination  by  the  two  officers.  He  was  marched 
about,  faced,  turned  round,  and  placed  in  almost  every 
conceivable  position,  and  at  length  the  officers  appeared 
satisfied  with  the  inspection,  when  he  was  permitted  to 
proceed.  The  officers  were  much  pleased  that  this  little 
incident  had  presented  to  them  a  uniform  which  embodied 
neatness,  durability,  and  a  color  bearing  an  impress  of 
nationality,  and  thus  they  had  found  a  uniform  whicli 
l)resented  every  desirable  requisite.  The  discerning  taste 
and  judgment  which  they  displayed  on  that  occasion  has 
been  fully  carried  out,  from  the  fact  that  there  has  been 
no  disposition  to  change  it  since  the  organization  of  the 
corps  up  to  the  present  time.  Major  Wilson  ordered  the 
first  gray  coat  to  be  made,  and  fully  armed  and  equipped 
as  a  private,  he  presented  himself  to  every  company,  and 
exhibited  it  for  the  consideration  of  the  corps.  Sergeant 
Asher  Taylor  of  the  4th  company,  first  appeared  on  pa- 
rade in  the  new  uniform  while  acting  as  an  aid  to  the 
Brigade  Inspector  on  the  inspection  parade  of  October 
4,  1824. 


BIOGKAPHICAL    SKETCHES 


OFFICERS 


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COLONEL   ABRAM   DURYEE. 

CoLOXEL  Abram  Duryee,  commander  of  the  Seventli 
Regiment,  National  Guard,  was  born  in  the  city  of  Xew- 
York  in  1815.  He  descended  from  a  French  Huguenot 
family,  who  came  to  America  on  the  revocation  of  the 
Edict  of  Nantz  by  Louis  the  XIV.  of  France,  in  1685. 

That  cruel  and  arbitrary  measure  deprived  France  of 
great  numbers  of  her  most  useful  citizens,  whose  ser- 
vices became  valuable  to  the  countries  which  received 
them  and  tolerated  their  Protestant  faith. 

The  west  and  north-west  of  France  supplied  a  large 
number  of  refugees,  who  expatriated  themselves,  and 
sought  new  homes  in  strange  lands,  rather  than  sacrifice 
their  conscientious  religious  faith  at  the  tyrannical  dicta- 
tion of  a  despotic  king.  A  people  who  are  willing  to  suifer 
for  a  ^>rmc2^^e  of  truth  and  faith,  which  they  conscien- 
tiously cherish,  generally  possess  other  noble  and  clevat- 


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270  HISTOKY    OF   THE    SEVENTH    REGIxME^T. 


iiig  qualities,  that,  in  the  course  of  tmie,  and  uuder  free 
institutions,  are  sure  to  be  developed.  This  has  been 
strikingly  the  case  with  the  self-exiled  Huguenots,  and 
their  descendants.  Some  went  from  France  to  Holland, 
and  from  thence  to  this  country.  Others  found  a  home 
in  England  ;  but  still  a  much  larger  number  came  direct 
to  the  United  States.  A  Colony  of  them  settled  in 
Westchester  county,  ]N"ew-York,  and  laid  out  a  town,  and 
called  it  New-Rochelle,  after  La  Rochelle  in  France. 
Others  settled  in  the  city  of  Xew-York,  and  quite  a  num- 
ber settled  in  Charleston,  South-Carolina. 

From  these  early  Huguenot  settlers  have  sprung  many 
of  the  most  distinguished  men  of  the  United  States. 

The  New- York  Huguenots  have  supplied  the  Dc 
Lanceys,  Bayards,  Leroys,  Allaires,  Duryees,  and  others, 
while  those  of  South-Carolina  have  supplied  the  Hugers. 
Horres,  Marions,  Legares,  etc.  Their  services  were 
prominently  and  eminently  useful  in  our  Revolittionary 
struggle,  and  in  our  subsequent  history,  both  in  the  field 
and  in  the  Senate,  they  have  supplied  men  of  distinguish- 
ed ability. 

Their  history  and  services  in  the  United  States,  if 
written  out,  would  make  a  large  and  interesting  volume. 

Col.  Duryee  commenced  business,  when  of  a  proper 
age,  in  New- York,  as  a  merchant,  in  which  pursuit,  by 
industry  and  great  perseverance,  he  has  succeeded  hi 
realizing  a  fortune. 

He  commenced  his  military  career  as  a  private  in  the 
ranks  of  one  of  the  companies  of  the  National  Guard — then 
Twenty-Seventh  Regiment — September,  1838,  and  after 
passing  through  all  the  different  grades  of  the  non-com- 
missioned officers  with  distinction,  he  obtained  a  second- 
lieutenant's  commission  on  the  21st  February,  1840,  and 
was  promoted  on  the  4th  October,  1841,  to  the  first  lieute- 
nancy, and  on  January  16th,  1844,  he  was  elected  to  the 
post  of  Captain.     And,  on  the  2 2d  of  September,  1845, 


HISTORY    OF   THE   IsJEVEXTH    EEGIMEXT.  2  71 

he  was  elected  a  field  officer,  with  the  rank  of  Major.  On 
November  24th,  m  the  same  year,  he  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  and  on  January  29th, 
1849,  he  succeeded  to  the  command  of  the  Regiment, 
with  the  rank  of  Colonel. 

Like  many  eminent  men,  he  has  made  his  mark  by  his 
skill,  perseverance,  and  untiring  energy,  and  strict  atten- 
tion to  his  duties,  until  he  has  ascended  from  the  lowest 
to  a  high  rank  as  a  military  commander,  and  the  acknow- 
ledged chief  of  the  first  Volunteer  Regiment  in  the  coun- 
try^ 

The  present  enviable  reputation  that  the  National 
Guard  hold,  is  owing,  in  a  great  degree,  to  his  skill  and 
exertions  as  a  commanding  officer.  He  determined  on 
making  the  Regiment  what  it  is,  from  the  moment  he 
arrived  at  his  present  position. 

While  stern  and  exacting  as  a  disciplinarian,  he  is  yet 
personally  affable,  modest,  and  kind-hearted  in  his  social 
intercourse.  At  the  head  of  his  Regiment,  he  is  always 
the  soldier^  but  never  forgetting  the  relative  position  and 
standing  of  the  men  under  his  command.  Owing  to  these 
traits  of  his  character,  arises  the  attachment  the  members 
of  his  Regiment  ever  bear  towards  him.  The  proof  of 
his  decision  of  character,  and  to  what  extent  he  possesses 
the  affection  of  the  men,  was  illustrated  in  that  unfortu- 
nate and  ever-to-be-remembered  bloody  riot  at  the  Astor 
Place  Opera  House,  on  the  occasion  of  Mr.  Macready's 
appearance ;  the  result  of  which  the  public  is  too  fami- 
liar with  to  bear  repetition.  When  the  turmoil  was  at  its 
height,  missiles  were  thrown  at  his  command,  and  his 
men  fell  wounded  in  all  directions  around  him ;  a  shout 
was  raised  by  the  law  and  order  party  for  them  to  fire, 
as  it  would  be  impossible  for  the  military  to  retain  their 
position  longer  without  something  of  a  determined  and 
defensive  character  was  done.  But  still  the  authorities 
held  back,  in  the  hope  of  being  able  to  restore  peace  and 


272  HISTORY    OF   THE    SEVENTH    KEGIMENT. 


quiet  without  bloodshed.  The  Colonel,  knowing  that  he 
had  no  authority  to  act  in  the  premises,  without  orders 
from  his  superiors  in  command,  (Generals  Sandford  and 
Hall,)  was  observed  walking  up  and  down  in  front  of  lii^ 
Regiment,  encouraging  his  men  ;  and  while  doing  so,  he 
was  struck  twice  in  quick  succession,  by  stones  thrown 
from  the  crowd.  His  men,  observing  the  imminent 
danger  he  was  in,  shouted  to  him  to  fall  in  the  rear 
of  his  Regiment ;  but  instead  of  this,  he  renewed  his 
efforts  of  encouraging  his  command  to  be  patient  until 
he  was  compelled  to  fill  in  the  rear  by  the  order 
given  by  the  Sheriff  to  fire.  Such  forbearance,  on  the 
part  of  himself  and  his  men,  was  very  praiseworthy,  and 
will  never  be  forgotten  by  those  who  witnessed  the  ex- 
citing scene  on  that  remarkable  night.  He  has  been  on 
duty  in  all  the  riots  for  the  last  twenty  years,  and  was 
particularly  instrumental  in  subduing  the  police  and 
"Dead  Rabbit"  riots  of  July,  1857.  He  has  also  com- 
manded his  Regiment  on  two  expeditions  to  Boston,  and 
has  drilled  on  the  Common  of  that  city  with  great  suc- 
cess, in  presence  of  a  large  number  of  distinguished  per- 
sons, and  thousands  of  its  inhabitants.  He  was  also  the 
commanding  officer  at  Camp  Trumbull,  New-Haven, 
Camp  Worth,  Kingston,  besides  quartering  his  Regi- 
ment one  week  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  to  which  is  to  be 
added  the  escort  expedition  to  Richmond,  Washington, 
Mount  Vernon,  and  Baltimore. 

The  Seventh  Regiment  bears  the  name,  and  deservedly 
too,  of  being  a  pattern  to  its  associates  in  arms,  and  they 
have  exemplified  the  truth,  that  the  best  citizens  are  the 
best  soldiers^  and  that  it  is  no  mark  of  courage,  or  indica- 
tion of  prowess,  to  cast  aside  the  courtesies  or  amenities 
of  life. 

To  Col.  Duryee  we  may  not  invidiously  ascribe  the 
maintenance  of  that  high  discipline  and  gallant  bearing 
which  so  distinofuishes  the  Seventh  Resjiment  above  its 


HISTORY    OF   THE   SEVENTH    REGIMENT.  273 

compeers,  and  this  may  be  said  without  detracting  in  the 
slighest  degree  from  the  merits  of  any  officer  and  soldier 
of  his  command.  The  superior  in  all  cases  gives  the  gen- 
eral tone  to  his  subordinates. 

He  is  the  author  of  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  Regiment  in  the  field  or  in  quarters ;  also 
several  treatises  on  street-firing  and  street-fighting.  The 
latter  was  adopted  by  the  New- York  State  Legislature  in 
the  fall  of  1857,  after  a  Committee  of  Army  and  Militia 
ofiicers  witnessed  the  admirable  performance  of  the 
Seventh  Regiment  on  the  Fifth  Avenue,  in  the  summer 
of  that  year. 

Col.  Duryee  adopted  Col.  Hardee's  beautiful  Light  In- 
fantry tactics  in  the  year  of  1855 — and  his  was  the  first 
military  body  that  went  through  any  of  the  exercises 
contained  in  that  work,  but  owing  to  the  laws  for  the 
government  of  the  Army  and  Militia  of  the  United 
States,  as  then  in  existence,  prevented  his  adopting  if  until 
it  was  recognized  and  approved  by  the  War  Department, 
and  in  the  autumn  of  1857,  he  took  it  up  all  together,  and 
after  a  thorough  course  of  drill  throughout  the  winter,  he 
invited  the  author  to  witness  its  performance  by  the 
Seventh  Regiment  at  a  Battallion  drill  at  the  City  Arsenal, 
Friday  evening,  March  1 9th, 1 858.  The  room  was  crowded 
with  a  large  number  of  ladies  and  gentlemen,  (benches 
being  erected  for  their  accommodation,)  and  where  might 
have  been  seen  the  beautiful  uniforms  of  our  Army  and 
Xavy  officers,  and  the  familiar  faces  of  some  of  our  most 
distinguished  citizens.  After  the  marching  was  over, 
which  consisted  in  the  "  right  about,"  flanking,  filing 
into  line,  and  counter-marching,  the  Colonel  ordered  his 
Regiment  to  prepare  for  review.  Col.  Hardee,  accom- 
panied by  other  officers  and  staff  of  the  Regiment,  went 
through  a  thorough  inspection  of  the  command,  after 
which  Col.  H.  took  up  his  position  beside  Col.  D. ;  the 
latter  then  went  through  the  manual  with  his  command. 
12* 


2Y4  HISTORY    OF   THE    SEVENTH    REGIMENT. 

The  i3recision  with  which  the  Regiment  went  through  the 
different  movements  of  loading  and  firing,  and  the  steadi- 
ness of  the  men,  drew  forth  tremendous  applause  from 
the  spectators  present.  Col.  H.  was  much  surprised,  and 
expressed  astonishment  at  the  result.  He  turned  to  some 
ofiicers  beside  him  and  remarked,  that  never  had  he  wit- 
nessed a  performance  by  any  military  body,  in  or  out  of 
the  Army,  which  surpassed  it.  At  the  conclusion,  the 
Regiment  was  greeted  with  deafening  applause. 

LIETIT.-COL.    MARSHALL    LEFFERTS. 

Col.  Marshall  Lefferts  was  born  on  Long  Island,  New- 
York,  in  1825,  being  of  German  descent  on  his  father's 
side,  his  mother  being  the  daughter  of  Judge  Cozine,  of 
the  Supreme  Court,  a  cotemporary  and  personal  friend 
of  Hamilton,  Burr,  and  others,  who  were  distinguished 
in  the  history  of  their  country.  The  Judge  lived  and 
died  at  the  corner  of  Beekman  and  Gold  streets,  then  the 
upper  part  of  the  city.  Many  of  his  family  relatives  con- 
tinue to  reside  in  the  neighborhood  of  his  birth,  where 
several  of  the  name  have  held  prominent  positions  as 
members  of  society. 

He  early  engaged  in  commercial  pursuits,  in  which  he 
displayed  unusual  tact  and  energy  of  character,  having 
conducted  an  extensive  and  successful  business. 

He  commenced  his  military  career  in  Gen.  Hall's  staff 
in  1847,  and  was  made  Brigade  Quarter-Master  in  1848. 
In  1850,  he  entered  the  Eighth  Company  National  Guard 
as  a  private,  and  was  elected  to  the  post  of  Major  in  the 
spring  of  1851.  His  promotion  was  rapid,  and  in  June, 
1852,  he  was  elected  to  the  Lieutenant-Colonelcy  of  the 
Regiment,  and  has  served  with  skill  and  ability  in  that 
honorable  rank  ever  since. 

The  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties  has  been  such  as 
to  elicit  expressions  of  satisfaction  from  his  men  and  from 


HISTORY    OF  THE   SEVENTH   KEGIMEXT.  275 

his  brother  officers.  This  was  manifested  in  the  fact  of 
his  receiving  the  unanimous  votes  which  elected  and  gave 
him  promotion,  a  result  by  no  means  common  in  the  his- 
tory of  military  affairs. 

The  promptness  and  tact  which  he  displayed  in  his 
business  were  brought  to  bear  in  the  discharge  of  his 
military  duties,  and  with  a  success  freely  acknowledged 
by  the  rank  and  file  of  the  Regiment. 

Col.  Lefferts'  name  has  frequently  appeared  in  works 
of  public  character,  and  especially  in  those  plans  which 
had  for  their  aim  the  application  of  science  and  art  to 
the  practical  relations  of  life. 

As  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  his  reports 
and  arguments  in  favor  of  the  extension  of  the  decimal 
system  to  the  weights  and  measures  of  the  United  States 
elicited  much  attention.  This  subject  still  engages  his 
attention,  and  he  is  endeavoring  to  bring  about  this  de- 
sirable result  which  would  prove  of  immense  benefit  to 
the  whole  country. 

Col.  Lefferts  is  also  an  active  member  of  the  Geograph- 
ical and  Statistical  Society,  and  likewise  of  the  New- 
Yord  Historical  Society.  He  took  an  active  and  leading 
interest  in  the  extension  and  working  of  the  electric 
telegraph.  In  the  comparative  infancy  of  the  system, 
when  its  use  threatened  to  become  an  exclusiv^e  and  op- 
pressive monopoly,  to  the  great  injury  of  trade  and  to 
the  press,  as  well  as  to  the  public  at  large,  he  boldly  en- 
tered the  field  as  the  friend  and  promoter  of  a  new  and 
valuable  mode  of  electrical  telegraphing,  discovered  by 
Mr.  Bain,  and  known  as  the  chemical  telegraph. 

In  1849,  he  was  joined  by  a  prominent  gentleman  of  a 
leading  commercial  firm  in  this  city,  in  organizing  a  com- 
pany and  in  building  a  telegraph  line  between  Xew-York 
and  Boston.  This  line  was  so  well  built,  and  was  so  well 
managed,  as  soon  to  win  the  confidence  of  the  public,  of 
merchants,  and  of  the  press.     It  broke  the  incubus  of 


276  HISTORY    OP   THE   SEVENTH   REGIMENT. 


monopoly  between  two  leading  cities,  and  reduced  the 
expenses  of  communication  so  much,  as  to  widely  enlarge 
the  benefits  of  the  telegraph  to  the  people.  His  labors 
at  that  period,  when  capitalists  shrunk  from  pecuniary  in- 
vestments in  such  works,  and  when  experience  in  their 
management  Avas  limited,  were  bold  and  valuable.  At 
the  present  time,  when  celebrations  are  being  held  all 
over  the  country  in  honor  of  the  saccessful  laying  of  the 
Atlantic  cable,  his  services  can  be  referred  to  with  plea- 
sure. 

He  also  caused  the  character  and  nature  of  telegraphs 
to  be  better  understood  by  the  people,  by  his  reports  and 
pamphlets  which  he  published  on  the  subject.  Many  facts 
which  they  developed  were  subsequently  drawn  up  by 
others,  when  waiting  historical  sketches  of  the  telegraph. 

Upon  retiring  from  the  Presidency  of  the  company 
referred  to,  which  he  had  filled  for  three  or  four  years 
with  distinguished  success,  and  declining  all  remuneration 
for  his  services,  he  was  presented  with  a  beautiful  service 
of  plate  at  a  public  dinner,  with  which  he  was  honored  at 
the  City  Hotel.  The  associated  press  of  New- York  (the 
only  instance  of  the  kind)  joined  with  the  company  in 
getting  up  the  presentation  of  plate  to  the  Colonel,  in 
testimony  of  their  regard  for  his  valuable  services  in  the 
cause  of  telegraph  extension. 

Col.  Lefferts  also  took  an  active  interest  in  bringing 
about  the  new  Tompkins  Market  building,  the  upper  part 
of  which  is  to  be  used  for  a  drill-room  for  the  National 
Guard.  With  the  ofiicers  of  the  Regiment,  he  also  took 
a  lively  interest  in  behalf  of  the  late  visit  of  the  National 
Guard  to  Richmond,  in  honor  of  the  translation  of  Mr. 
Monroe's  remains. 

The  Colonel  stands  high  in  his  Regiment,  and  has  had 
no  small  share  in  contributing  towards  its  advancement. 
He  is  yet  comparatively  young,  ardent  and  energetic  in  his 
movements,  and  promises  to  give  the  public  many  more 


HISTORY    OF   THE    SEVENTH    REGIMENT.  211 

years  of  active  usefulness.  In  his  manner  he  is  social, 
kind,  sincere,  and  of  a  liberal,  benevolent,  and  enterpris- 
ing spirit. 

MAJOR  E.  M.  CRAWFORD. 

Seventh  Kegiment  National  Guard. 

The  above-named  gentleman  was  born  in  Westchester 
county,  New- York,  16th  February,  1821  ;  is  in  the 
wholesale  tobacco  business  in  this  city. 

Major  Crawford  commenced  his  military  career  as  a 
private  in  the  Third  Company  National  Guard,  Septem- 
ber, 1845,  and  for  his  strict  attention  to  his  duties  and 
good  soldiership  was  promoted  to  the  First  Lieutenancy 
March,  1846;  and  on  the  resignation  of  Captain  Henry 
R.  Mount  was  offered  the  command,  but  declined  the 
honor ;  but  acted  in  the  capacity  of  Captain  nearly  two 
years,  and  until  the  installation  of  Captain  James  Price 
to  the  command.  He  was  elected  to  the  Majority  in  May, 
1 856,  and,  in  consequence,  resigned  his  commission  as  Lieu- 
tenant in  the  Company ;  and  was,  by  an  unanimous  vote, 
elected  an  honorary  member,  and  is  still  on  the  Company's 
Roll  as  such. 

He  is  very  popular  and  a  very  valuable  acquisition  to 
the  Seventh  Regiment. 

ADJUTANT  WILLIAM  A.  POND. 

Seventh  Kegiment  National  Guard. 

Adjutant  Pond  was  born  in  Albany,  Xew-York,  6th  of 
October,  1824 ;  is  a  merchant,  and  of  the  firm  of  Firth, 
Pond  &  Co.  He  came  to  this  city  when  at  eight  years 
of  age,  and  has  been  a  resident  ever  since. 

In  the  autumn  of  1841  he  joined  one  of  our  mili- 
tary corps  as  a  private,  and  after  being  promoted 
through  all  the  different  grades  of  non-commissioned  and 
commissioned  officers  up  to  Captain,  he  made  application 


2V8  HISTORY    OF   THE   ^VENTH   REGIMENT. 

to  the  Second  Company  National  Guard  to  be  admitted 
as  a  private,  wliich  request  was  granted  in  the  fall  of 
1847.  During  the  drill  season  of  1848  he  was  appointed 
Drill  Master,  or  instructor  of  that  Company.  And  on 
the  5th  of  April,  1849,  he  was  elected  commanding  officer 
of  said  Company.  This  post  he  retamed  for  about  one 
year,  when  he  resigned  and  returned  to  the  ranks. 

On  the  4th  of  July,  1852,  the  Regiment  went 
into  camp  at  New-Hayen,  and  being  at  that  time 
without  an  Adjutant,  the  Colonel  called  upon  him 
to  act  in  that  capacity.  On  the  day  the  Regiment  re- 
turned to  New-York,  the  10th  of  July,  the  Colonel  handed 
him  his  commission  as  Adjutant,  haying  sent  to  head- 
quarters for  it  during  the  stay  of  the  Regiment  in  camp, 
without  his  solicitation  or  knowledge,  and  which  he 
has  held  eyer  since.  His  military  experience,  and  high 
tone  of  character,  has  made  him  a  great  favorite  as  well 
as  a  valuable  acquisition  to  the  Seventli  Regiment. 

BREVET  COLONEL  HENRY  C.  SHUMWAY. 

Eighth  Company  National  Quard. 

The  above-named  gentleman  was  born  in  Middletown. 
Connecticut,  4th  of  July,  1808  ;  and  is  by  profession  a 
miniature  painter,  in  this  city. 

Colonel  Shumway  entered  the  National  Guard,  then 
Twenty-Seventh  Regiment,  as  a  private  in  the  Eighth 
Company,  July  17th,  1829;  was  promoted  a  Sergeant; 
and  February,  19th,  1834,  was  commissioned  Second 
Lieutenant ;  May  30th,  same  yejir,  to  the  First  Lieute- 
nancy, and  was  chosen  Captain  by  an  unanimous  vote 
October  13th,  1836. 

The  deeds  of  this  gentleman  would  make  up  quite  a 
volume.  From  the  moment  of  his  accession  to  the  posi- 
tion he  now  holds,  he  has  been  bestowing  benefits  on  the 
Regiment,  and  it  owes  him  much.     He  occupies  the  first 


HISTORY    OF   THE   SEVENTH   REGIMENT.  279 

)X>st  of  honor,  which  is  on  the  right  of  the  Regiment, 
from  his  being  the  oldest  commissioned  Captain;  and  has 
held  that  position  for  the  past  twenty-two  years.  He 
has  participated  in  quelling  all  the  riots,  and  commanded 
his  Company  on  all  the  encampments  and  excursions  of 
the  Kegiment. 

By  a  special  act  of  the  Xew-York  Legislature,  15  th 
June,  1857,  in  pursuance  of  the  constitution  and  by-laws 
of  the  State,  they  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  title 
of  Colonel  in  the  militia  with  Brevet  rank,  having  served 
twenty  years  as  Captain  in  the  National  Guard.  May  he 
serve  twenty  years  more  ! 

CAPTAIN  JAMES  PRICE. 

Third  Company   National   Guard. 

Captain  Price  was  born  in  London,  England,  in  1822  ; 
came  to  this  country  when  about  ten  years  of  age,  and 
has  been  a  resident  of  this  city  ever  since.  He  is  in  the 
real  estate  business,  and  has  acquired  quite  an  independ- 
ence by  his  industry. 

In  the  year  1841  he  joined  one  of  our  military  com- 
panies, and  from  his  constant  and  strict  attention  to  his 
duties  and  by  dint  of  hard  study,  was  promoted  rapidly 
through  all  the  different  grades  of  the  non-commissioned 
officers  First  and  Second  Lieutenancies,  to  that  of  Cap- 
tain. There  being  a  vacancy  in  the  Third  Company 
National  Guard,  he  was  invited  to  take  command  by  that 
Company,  and,  on  his  acceptance,  was  elected  by  an 
unanimous  vote  31st  May,  1848. 

He  now  holds  the  second  post  of  honor  which  is  on 
the  left  of  the  Regiment,  and,  lias,  through  great 
exertion  and  perseverance,  succeeded  in  making  his  com- 
mand second  to  none  in  the  Regiment,  and  stands  third 
in  re-gard  to  members.     He  is  a  thorough  disciplinarian, 


280  HISTORY    OF   THE   SEVEXTH    REGIMENT. 

strict  to  the  letter,  and  commands  the  highest  respect,  and 
is  very  much  beloved  by  his  command. 

CAPTAIN  BENJAMIN  M.  NEVERS. 

Sixth  Company  National  Guard. 

Captain  iSTevers  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
24th  of  June,  1822  ;  and  is  a  broker  in  "Wall  street. 

He  joined  the  Sixth  Company  National  Guard  as  a 
private  October,  1845  ;  was  promoted  in  1846  to  Cor- 
poral ;  and  to  the  First  Lieutenancy  October,  1848  ;  and 
on  the  2d  of  January,  1849,  was  chosen  Captain  of  that 
Company.  Ilis  commission  dates  him  third  in  rank,  and 
his  Company  stands  first,  in  regard  to  numbers,  and  is 
by  no  means  behind  the  other  companies  in  point  of  drill 
in  the  Regiment. 

He  is  very  jiopular  in  the  Regiment,  and  particularly 
in  his  command.  He  is  a  thorough  soldier,  and  a  strict 
disciplinarian. 

CAPTAIN  ALEXANDER  SHALER. 

Second  Company  National  Guard. 

Captain  Shaler  was  born  at  Haddam,  on  the  banks  of 
the  Connecticut,  in  182V  ;  is  a  merchant  doing  business 
in  this  city. 

He  commenced  his  military  career  April  29th,  1845,  in 
the  ranks  of  one  of  our  military  companies  in  this  city  ; 
was  promoted  a  Corporal  October  16th,  1845  ;  to  a  Ser- 
geant September  3d,  1847  ;  was  elected  First  Lieutenant 
August  30th,  1849;  and  to  a  Captain  in  the  National 
Guard  March  18th,  1850.  He  is  also  Colonel  of  the 
First  Regiment  Hudson  Brigade,  New-Jersey  State 
Militia. 

His  Company  stands  second  to  none  in  point  of  drill 
and  discipline  in  the  Regiment,  owing  to  the  great  exer- 
tions of  its  commandino;'  officer. 


HISTORY    OF    THE   SEVENTH    KEGIMEXT.  281 

CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  H.   RIBLETT. 

Fourth  Company  National  Guard. 

The  above-named  gentleman  was  born  in  Xew-York 
City,  17th  July,  1816;  is  Secretary  of  "The  Peter  Cooper 
Fire  Insurance  Company"  of  this  city. 

He  commenced  his  military  career  as  a  piivate  in  the 
ranks  of  the  Fourth  Company  National  Guard,  19th 
March,  1836.  After  passing  through  all  the  different 
grades  of  the  non-commissioned  officers  in  the  Company, 
with  the  exception  of  Orderly  Sergeant,  he  was  promoted 
to  a  Second  Lieutenant  22d  January,  1838  ;  and  to  the 
First  Lieutenancy  21st  November,  1838;  was  elected 
Captain  7th  October,  1844.  He  resigned  25th  November, 
1845,  on  account  of  his  removal  from  the  city,  and  on  his 
return  was  called  upon  by  the  Fourth  Company  to  take 
command,  and  was  reelected  by  unanimous  vote  of  that 
Company  2d  December,  1850.  The  old  Fourth,  as  it  is 
called,  still  retains  its  reputation  as  second  to  none  in  the 
Regiment  in  point  of  discipline,  OAving  to  the  persever- 
ance of  its  present  commander. 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  MONROE. 

Seventh  Company  National  Guard. 

Capt.  Monroe  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
June  7th,  1823.  He  came  to  this  city  in  1825,  and  has 
been  a  resident  here  ever  since. 

He  commenced  his  military  career,  as  a  guide-boy,  in 
the  Third  Company  National  Guard,  1832,  when  only 
nine  years  of  age.  He  afterwards  joined  the  Seventh 
Company  National  Guard  1843  ;  passed  through  all  the 
grades  of  the  non-commissioned  officers  in  the  Company, 
excepting  Second  Sergeant;  was  promoted  First  Lieu- 
tenant August  15th,  1850 ;  and  was  elected  Captain 
13th  March,  1851,  the  Company  at  that  time  numbering 


282  HISTORY    OF   THE    SEy£^'TH    REGIMENT. 

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only  eighteen  men,  and  by  his  eneigy  and  perseverance 
has  made  it  one  of  the  first  in  the  Regiment,  numbering 
nearly  one  hundred  men.  He  is  very  popular  in  the 
Regiment,  and  is  very  much  beloved  by  his  command. 

CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  A.  SPEAIGHT. 

Fifth  Company  National  Guard. 

Captain  Speaight  was  born  in  Xew-York  City  on  the 
21st  November,  1826.     He  is  in  the  blank  book  business. 

He  joined  the  Fifth  Company  National  Guard,  as  a 
private,  June  26th,  1846;  was  promoted  Orderly  Ser- 
geant, and  served  in  that  capacity  three  years ;  and  on 
the  10th  of  August,  1853,  was  elected  Captain  of  that 
Company.  The  Captain  deserves  great  credit  for  the 
manner  in  which  he  has  perfected  his  command  in  point 
of  discipline.  Being  a  thorough  soldier  himself,  may  be 
attributed  the  interest  he  takes  in  his  command.  He  is 
very  much  beloved  by  his  fellow-soldiers,  and  popular  in 
the  Regiment. 

CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  P.  BENSEL. 

First  Company  National  Guard. 

Captain  Bensel  was  born  in  New- York  City,  June  17th, 
1818,  and  is  in  the  cooperage  business. 

He  joined  the  Fifth  Comjiany  National  Guard  as  a 
private  18th  November,  1849;  was  promoted  to  the 
First  Lieutenancy  January  14th,  1853 ;  resigned  his 
commission  27th  August,  same  year;  September  follow- 
ing was  elected  First  Lieutenant  of  First  Company  Na- 
tional Guard ;  and  chosen  Commander  of  that  Company 
14th  October,  1856.  To  this  gentleman  must  be  awarded 
great  praise  for  the  manner  in  which  he  has  perfected 
his  command  in  point  of  drill  and  discipline,  being 
merely  a  unit  in  point  of  numbers  when  he  took  com- 
mand, now  numbering  nearly  one  hundred  men. 


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(The  names  marked  thus  *,   are  those  of  members  who  w«iit.  to  Uiclimoinl.) 
FIELD   AND    STAFF    OFFICERS. 

Colonel, Abram  Duryee.* 

Lieutenant-Colonel, Marshall  LefFerts.* 

Major, Edgar  M.  Crawford.* 

Adjutant, William  A.  Pond. 

Engineer, Robert  E,  Launitz.* 

Surgeon, Timothy  M.  Cheesman. 

Assistant-Surgeon, Edward  M.  Cameroji.* 

Quartermaster, Lock  "W.  AVinchester.* 

Paymaster, Benj.  F.  Carpenter. 

Chaplain, George  W.  Brainerd.* 

Commissary, William  Patten, 

Ordnance  Oflficer, Henry  E.  Droz.* 

Assistant-Quartermaster, William  Laimbeer,  Jr.* 

Assistant-Paymaster, Meredith  Howland. 

For  the  excursion  to  Richmond,  the  following  appointments  were 
made  to  fill  vacancies  of  such  of  the  Staff  as  were  unable  to  go  : 

Acting  Ass't.-Sur., George  F.  Woodward.* 

"      Adjutant, Lt.  George  W.  Smith.* 

"       Paymaster, George  W.  Brainerd.* 

"       Chaplain, Rev.  J.  H.  Weston.* 

"      Commissary,  . .  .   Capt.  E.  T.  Ccagin,  of  the  Troop,* 


284 


ROLL  OF  THE  SEVENTH  KEGIMENT. 

V 


NON-COMMISSIONED  STAFF. 

Sergeant-Major, George  C.  Freeborn.* 

Quartermaster-Sergeant, Robert  C.  Rathbone.* 

Sergeant-of-Ordnance„ John  A.  Baker, 

Color-Bearer, Benjamin  Odell, 

John  H.  Hoff.* 

Right-General-Guide, John  A,  Hall* 

Left- General-Guide, Charles  Hall.* 

Sergeant-of-Guard, Robert  M.  Weed.* 

Commissary-Sergeant, L.  L.  S.  Clearman.* 

Assistant-Sergeant-Major, Isaac  W.  Dean, 

Assistant-Sergeant-of-Guard, Alexander  Douglass.* 


TROOP. 

Captain, Edwin  T.  Cragin. 

1st  Lieutenant, William  H.  Haight. 

2d  "  Edward  M.  Perley. 

Cornet, John  Delemater. 

1st  Sergeant E.  Genin. 

2d         "       A.  A.  Fuller. 

3d         "       —  Lecler. 

4th        " Walter  Duncan. 

Trivates.  Privates. 

John  Tragessor,  Alexander  Irwin, 

Charles  Warren,  D.  A.  Youngs, 

Henry  Bunnell,  C.  Watts,  Jr., 

Charles  Perley,  I.  Andrews, 

P.  Brock,  P.  Van  Idcstine, 

R.  J.  Law,  Charles  H.  Delemater, 

J.  R.  Conch  tin,  G.  H.  Stone, 

E.  M.  Yan  Tassel,  A.  Jamison, 

A.  J.  Fuller,  J.  H.  McBride, 
George  F.  Yan  Brunt,  Edward  Delemater, 
H.  C.  Bailey,  George  Ladd, 

H.  A.  Craigen,  Joseph  A.  Sterling, 

M.  Fair  weather,  Lawrence  Moore,  Jr., 

B.  B.  Miller,  Anthony  Miller. 
Charles  White,  John  Lewis, 

G.  W.  White,  John  Cornish, 

W.  J.  McClune,  W.  H.  Davis, 


ROLL  OF  THE  SEVENTH  REGIMEXT.        280 

Privates.  Privates. 

Alexander  Little,  Robert  Clark, 

William  Clark,  It.  D.  Gage, 

I.  R.  Andrews,  James  Gregory. 

Charles  Watts, 


ENGINEER   CORPS. 

Engineer-in-Chief, f  Robert  E.  Launitz.* 

Sergeant-of-Engineers, David  Drake. 

2d  Sergeant, George  C.  Farrar. 

1st  Corporal, E.  M.  Le  Moyne. 

2d  "         Leopold  Schmidt.* 

Private, F.  T.  Luqueer,  Jr. 

"         John  E.  Robinson.* 

"         James  S.  Mott. 

William  H.  Oakley, 

"         Edgar  Davidson.* 

Elisha  IL  Cheshire. 

"         William  Bird.* 

Herbert  H.  Hall. 

Chas.  S.  Benson,  Jr. 

"         John  Lawrence.* 

Thomas  Lord,  Jr.* 

"         Oliver  Wetmore,  Jr. 

"         John  E.  Heckscher. 


FIRST    COMPANY,    NATIONAL    GUARD. 

Captain, W.  P.  Bensel  * 

1st  Lieutenant, W.  Gurney.* 

2d  "          J.  L.  Harway.* 

1st  Sergeant, G.  R.  Scott. 

2d  "         J.  M.  Parker.* 

3d          "         J.  P.  Meday. 

4th        "         W.  Woolsey.* 

1st  Corporal, F.  H.  Grosz. 

2d         "         W.  H.  Hume. 

3d         "         F.  J.  Mears.* 

4th        "         C.  A.  Yost.* 

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286  ROLL    OF   THE 

Privates. 
C.  H.  Meday,* 
G.  H.  Knapp,* 
E.  O.  Lamson, 
J.  K.  Sheppard,* 
R.  C.  Reid, 
G.  H.  Kitchen,* 
J.  O.  Watkins,* 
S.  L.  Canfield,* 
S.  K.  De  La  Yergne, 
G.  F.  Storrs,* 
H.  C.  Robe,* 
A.  N".  Francis,* 
C.  H.  SpaflFord, 
G.  A.  Ratz,* 

C.  S.  Wilson, 
P.  J.  Bogert,* 
J.  H.  Allen,* 
H,  M.  Funston, 

D.  L.  Hays,* 
C.  H.  Howe, 
W.  B.  Spelman, 
R.  S.  Spelman,* 

E.  G.  Sheppard, 
J.  T.  Robin,* 

J.  W.  Sibell,* 
G.  J.  Mitchell,* 

E.  D.  Sturtevant,* 
W.  W.  Bonneau, 

C.  N.  Orpen, 

F.  D.  Slocomb,* 

E.  E.  Nichols, 
W.  H.  Flandrow, 

F.  O.  Pierce,* 

S.  B.  Althause,  Jr.,* 
J.  H.  Immen,  Jr.,* 
J.  H.  Wright,* 

D.  D.  Buchanan,* 
W.  B.  Lorton,* 

.    R.  S.  Tenables,* 
T.  H.  Redway,* 

E.  J.  Hvde,** 


SEVEXTH    REGIiJEXT. 
V 

Privates. 
R.  S.  Todd,* 
J.  n.  Barclay,* 
J.  H.  Alexander,* 
J.  W.  Hamilton,* 
W.  E.  Brinckerhoff, 
A.  B.  McGowan,"'' 
W.  H.  Cooper, 
A.  W.  Spear, 
0.  J.  Werneke, 
G.  W  Hume, 
G.  Baker,* 
J.  Syms, 
L.  Patterson,* 
A.  Stevens,* 
F.  McNicoll,* 
J.  Welcker,* 
P.  Callanan, 

E.  Knabeschuck,* 
W.  Davidson,* 

T.  Hume, 
J.  Main,* 
T.  Russell,* 
C.  Mabie, 
M.  Folsom,* 

F.  Mcllvaine, 
C.  Apelles, 

H.  Lindeman,* 
H,  Clough,* 
A.  Berryman, 
N.  Plato, 
J.  McKewan,* 
K  Clark,* 
A.  Wetmore,  Jr., 
C.  Borrowson,* 
A.  Weldhen, 
J.  Litton.* 
W.  Perry, 
J.  Murray,* 
E.  Wilber, 
O.  L.  Stewart 


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287 


SECOND    COMPANY,   NATIONAL    GTJAKD. 

Captain, Alexander  Shaler.* 

1st   Lieutenant, James  Harrison. 

2d  "  J.  Henry  Liebenau.* 

1st  Sergeant, Emmons  Clark.* 

2d  "         Joseph  E.  Macfarland,* 

3d  "         Noali  L.  Farnham.* 

4th         "         Henry  B.  Dyer.* 

1st  Corporal, Richard  F.  Ware.* 

2d  "         James  J.  Morison.* 

3d         "         Charles  S.  Denison. 

4th        "         Frederick  C.  Baiilow. 

5th         ''         James  Miller. 

Privates,  Privates. 

Isaac  W.  Dean,  Wm.  Barkley, 

Levi  Miller,  Wm.  T.  Bucken,* 

Francis  A.  SnifFen,  Rodney  C.  Ward,* 

Charles  Weeks,*  Chas.  C.  Shelley,* 

William  S.  Dunham,  Spencer  Sanderson, 

Benjamin  F.  Gamble,  James  A.  Smith,* 

George  C.  Freeborn,*  Simon  W.  Scott,* 

Henry  B.  Mead,  Frank  M.  Johnston, 

O.  W.  Raymond,  Peter  Palmer,* 

Richard  R.  Brouner,  William  B.  Simpson, 

Edward  Gridley,  John  W.  Florence,* 

Alfred  Woodham,  Clinton  G.  Bird,* 

Moses  L.  M.  Peixotto*  Wm.  B.  See,* 

Mathew  T.  Van  Zandt,  Thomas  W.  K.  Holder, 

Simon  Seward,*  Henry  G.  Healy,* 

^">hn  M.  Macfarlane,  James  W.  Roome, 

Wni.  .:.   AF'-Donald,*  James  F.  Wenman,* 

William  Howe,  Jr.,  Willoughby  Powell, 

Henry  P.  Eveleth,  Jr.,  L.  S.  B.  Hatfield,* 

George  C.  Hallett,  Douglas  Sloane,* 

Alfred  Riker,*  George  W,  Selover,* 

John  P.  Waters,  Richard  D.  Fonda,* 

David  Miller,*  Robert  S.  Gould,  Jr., 

Oscar  Hall,  George  Debenham,* 

Gulian  V.  Quilliard,*  Humphrey  W.  Carr, 

Charles  H.  Hall,  Henry  H.  Harrall, 

Fred.  S.  Morison,  Jr.,  J.  Y.  W.  Vandervoort. 


288 


ROLL    OF   THE   SEVENTH    REGIMENT. 


Privates. 
Edward  F.  Stone,* 
Charles  V.  Smith, 
Albert  M.  Smith,* 
Chas.  S.  Van  K'orden,* 
"Wm.  T.  Farnham,* 
Christie  Wood, 
Wm.  A.  Blackman,* 
Edward  Bernard,* 
Wm,  II.  Cod3% 
Wm.  O.  Chapman,* 
Stephen  W.  Cod3% 
Chas.  E.  Bostwick,* 
J.  W.  Vandewater, 
Wm.  Ifodine, 
James  Wilson,* 
David  H.  Tuttle,* 
Henry  Hayes, 
Eben.  B.  Woodward, 
George  A.  Bernard,* 
A.  D.  Bloodgood,* 

HONOKAHY 

James  M.  TuthiJl, 
Alex.  Douglass,* 
Edgar  Neville,* 
Edward  W.  Hussej,* 
James  H.  Redman, 
A.  W.  Baldwin, 
W.  F.  Blanck  * 
John  G.  Seraon, 
James  W.  Coates, 
Wm.  A.  Pond, 
John  C.  Gifling, 
John  J.  Donaldson, 
Samuel  Lewis,  Jr., 
Samuel  Bigelow,  Jr.,* 
John  J.  Budd,* 


Privates. 
R.  H.  WiUiams,* 
Chas.  K.  EUery, 
George  W.  Tyson, 
Chas.  M.  Jefferds,* 
James  B.  Ames,  Jr., 
George  H.  Hart, 
Henry  L.  Phalon,* 
J.  Fred.  Bisbee, 
Edward  F.  Dwyer, 
Charles  R.  Read, 
Noah  Foote, 
Charles  C.  Hubbell, 
Washington  Hadley,* 
Fred.  A.  Harter,* 
Jonathan  N.  Havens, 
William  F.  Coxson, 
James  L.  Brumley,* 
James  F.  Russell, 
Julius  H.  Tiemann, 
John  Williamson. 

MEMBERS. 

George  Brodie, 

Joseph  B.  Taylor, 

Wm.  K.  Schenck, 

Henry  L.  Cathell, 

Joseph  T.  Porter,* 

George  A.  Blood, 

Samuel  J.  Smith, 

Richard  M.  Raven, 

James  J.  Burnet, 

David  L.  Baker, 

Wm.  R.  Bowne, 

Geo.  F.  Hopper,  {Armorer,)* 

Chas.  Kussmaul,  {Drummer,)* 

D.  Miedel,  {Drummer, )'^ 

Thomas  B.  Harrison.* 


THIRD   COMPANY,   NATIONAL    GUARD. 

Captain, James  Price.* 

1st  Lieutenant, John  J.  Wickstead.* 

2d  "  Geo.  W.  Turnbull* 


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:89 


1st  Sergeant, George  T.  Ha^vs. 

2d  "         Theo.  B.  Stephens. 

Sd  "         Richard  L.  Leggett.* 

4th        "         Wm.  Howland* 

1st  Corporal, Barrow  Benrimo.* 

2d  "         Alex.  J.  Clinton.* 

3d  "  John  AY.  Murray. 

4th         "          DeWitt  Clinton.* 

5th         "         Robert  X.  Kitching. 

6th         "         Louis  B.  Rader.* 

Privates.  Privates. 

Wm.  K.  Ackerman,  James  H.  Merchant, 

Jacob  Ackerson,  C.  H.  Merriman, 

"Wm.  H.  Anthon,  Samuel  G.  Milligan,* 

H.  Tracy  Arnold,*  Henry  H.  Mott, 

Joseph  E.  Banks,*  Thomas  R.  McNeil, 

John  A.  Baker,  Benjamin  Odell, 

John  Barrett,*  Samuel  C.  Ostrander,* 

John  Beak,*  Charles  B.  Owen, 

Daniel  Benrimo,*  Thomas  IT.  Pearce,* 

M.  Broderick,  Gideon  Peck,  Jr., 

Theo.  Burgoyne, .  Theo.  C.  Pohle, 

Wm.  J.  Butler,  Robert  C.  Portington,* 

Joseph  n.  Chapman,  11.  J.  Radcliffe,* 

W.  D.  Chetwood,  Robert  C.  Rathbone  * 

Chas.  W.  Clinton,*  S.  H.  Rosenblatt, 

Robert  J.  Clyde,*  E.  Wells  Sackett, 

Israel  B.  Cohen,  Fred.  W.  Satterlee,* 

Vincent  L.  Cook,*  Wm.  F.  Sebert, 

Wm.  S.  Collins,*  R.  M.  Selleck, 

Jas.  H.  Cornell,  S.  J.  M.  Sexton, 

Gilbert  S.  Dewitt,  Joseph  Simondson,  Jr.,* 

Joseph  Dore,*  John  Simpkins, 

John  E.  Dunhiim,  A.  C.  Smith,  Jr  , 

Charles  Eager,  N.  J.  Smith, 

Clinton  Foster,  T.  F.  Smith, 

Louis  Fitzgerald,*  W.  H.  Smith, 

Gilbert  Fowler,*  Wm.  M.  St.  John,* 

Wright  C.  Gambell,  A.  IL  Timpson,* 

Ernest  Gaylord,*  Thomas  R.  Turnbull, 

Joseph  F.  Graham,*  G.  D.  Tracy. 

James  E.  Granniss,  I-aac  Van  Iloutcn,* 
13 


290 


PvOLL    OF    THE    SEVENTH    REGIMENT. 


Privates. 
Harry  W.  Guerin,* 
John  A.  Hall,* 
John  S.  Hewlett, 
James  Hinds,* 
Thomas  K".  Hickox, 
John  H.  Hoff,* 
David  Hollis,* 
Charles  Hughes, 
Samuel  Hughes,  Jr., 
L.  M.  Johnson, 
Charles  S.  Kennedy,* 
Thos.  B.  Kerr, 
Geo.  P.  Lawrence,* 
Curtis  Lewis, 
Chas.  H.  Leonard,* 
"Wm.  Mackenzie. 
L.  H.  Mattison, 
Charles  S.  Merle, 


Privates. 
James  Van  Riper,* 
Hobart  Van  Zandt, 
Bernhard  Veit, 
William  M.  Walton,* 
James  R.  Warren,* 
Joseph  C.  Warren,* 
Robert  M.  Weed,* 
W.  P.  Wellman, 
John  Wheeler,  Jr.,* 
W.  M.  Whitney, 
Geo.  Y.  Whitson, 
Thomas  G.  Wilkes, 
Hudson  G.  Wolfe,* 
Thomas  Worth, 
James  T.  Wright,* 
John  G.  Wright,* 
Charles  K  Covell,* 
Thomas  R.  Irvinix.* 


HONORARY   MEMBERS. 


Edgar  ^NI.  Crawford, 
Henry  Allen,  Jr.,* 
^Michael  Gibne}', 
George  Tuthill, 
George  Lorton,* 
James  D.  Torrey, 
John  P.  Hays, 
Israel  Sackett, 
Wm.  W.  Taylor, 
Alexander  Clark, 
John  H.  Staats, 


John  Dunham, 
Charles  Sands, 
Francis  J.  Krugler, 
Charles  Bellows, 
Thomas  V.  Gendar,* 
Wm.  A.  Hoeber, 
Isaac  J.  Stillings, 
Wm.  F.  Egan, 
Thomas  L.  Conroy,* 
A.  L.  Holt.* 


FOURTH   COMPANY,   NATIONAL    GUARD. 

Captain, William  H.  Riblet.* 

1st  Lieutenant, William  R.  Harrison.* 

2d  "  John  Mackenzie.* 

1st  Sergeant, John  W.  Bogert* 

2d         "         Edward  H.  Little.* 

3d  "  John  S.  Dunning.* 

4th        "         Jeremiah  V.  Meserole.* 

1st  Corporal. Charles  E.  Bogert.* 


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291 


2d    Corporal, . .  Alford  B.  Chapman,* 

od  *'  .  .    Henry  Everdell.* 

4th         "         Robert  H.  Eddy. 

Privates.  Privates. 

Thomas  Bruns,  E.  R.  Holsworth, 

Minthorn  T.  Brundage,  Frank  D.  Karr, 

William  B.  Barton,*  Wm.  L.  Kipp,* 

Thomas  B.  Bunting,*  Edward  L.  Lawrence, 

Richard  AV.  Bogart,  Robert  H.  Lane,* 

Henry  M.  Butler,*  John  C.  Lefferts,* 

Edward  S.  Babcock,*  Charles  Meinecke, 

Henry  Bausher,  Jr.,*  James  Mills,* 

John  D.  Bailej',*  Peter  M.  Myers, 

Wm.  Noel  Corbett,  Hugh  C.  McCosh, 

Samuel  L.  Culbert,*  George  F.  Manning,* 

Silas  S.  Carpenter,  Lemuel  W.  Morse, 

William  H.  Crocker,*  Harry  Mowton,* 

John  H.  Cuthbert,  A.  Stewart  Marshall, 

Jerome  B.  Clark,  Joseph  JTeustaedter,* 

Abraham  Demarest.*  William  L.  XichoU,* 

Edward  D.  Ewen,*  Edward  J.  Olssen,  Jr.,* 

Austin  D.  Ewen,*  -  David  Pearson, 

Henry  C.  Ely,*  Thomas  R.  Peacock, 

Edward  Earle,*  Xathan  C.  Piatt,  Jr.. 

Logan  Fay.*  Oscar  L.  Peterson,* 

Adam  Farrington,  Samuel  S.  Palmer,* 

James  Farnam,*  William  H.  Roome,* 

Walter  W,  Haydock,  Charles  H.  Remmey, 

Theodore  J.  Ilusted,  John  C.  Ridden,* 

Tlieodore  Hallett,  Samuel  J.  Smith, 

Robert  Halsted,-:^  L  Francis  Smith, 

Samuel  L.  Harris,  Frank  K.  Smith,* 

Leonard  Hazeltine,  Jr.,*  John  P.  Sparks,* 

F.  J.  Hepburn,  Samuel  C.  Sharp,* 

Darwin  R.  James,  John  P.  R.  Wells,* 

Wm.  A.  Jackson,*  Edwin  H.  Wooten,* 

Wm.  W.  Jackson,*  Josepli  M.  Weeks, 

Lewis  H.  Judson,*  AVilliara  H.  Wood, 

John  W.  Jackson,  William  L.  Watkins,* 

Henry  M.  Johnston,  Edward  R,  Young,* 

Lorenzo  Jarvis,  George  H.  Wheaton. 


292 


ROLL    OF   THE 

SEYEXTII    REGIMENT. 
V 

HONORARY    MEMBERS. 

Andrew  H.  Bremner, 

Augustus  Morand, 

Henry  A.  Eerr, 

Charles  Westlake, 

Jasper  W.  Hughes, 

Solice  Bonnett, 

Thomas  Clark, 

Charles  Felch, 

Geo.  M.  Chardavoyne, 

Francis  S.  Miner, 

John  Baker, 

Ichabod  T.  Williams, 

Thomas  H.  Cooper, 

E.  J.  Hyde, 

James  Olwell, 

Wm.  T.  Peterson, 

Thos.  Morton, 

Patrick  H.  Fay, 

Ehas  Thomas,  Jr., 

J.  W.  Brown, 

Joseph  M.  Cooper, 

James  D.  Lyon, 

John  L.  Gratacap, 

Henry  A.  Poole, 

Thomas  Felch, 

John  A.  Myer, 

Wm.  Ward, 

Isaac  Stansbury, 

Robt.  S.  Oakley, 

Onderdonk  Angeviae, 

Waldron  Young, 

John  H.  Quackenbush, 

Geo.  S.  Montanye, 

John  G.  Phyfe, 

Wm.  H.  Curtis, 

Henry  Hughes, 

"Wm.  J.  Syms, 

Charles  Kane, 

Wm.  AUison, 

Walter  A.  Watkins, 

John  Armstrong, 

William  T.  Peterson.* 

FIFTH    COMPANY,    NATIONAL    GUARD. 

Captain, 

William  A.  Speaight.* 

1st  Lieutenant, 

FrankUn  Millard.* 

2d    ■        "          

James  M.  Macgregor.* 

1st  Sergeant, 

John  F.  Cook.* 

2d          "          

Richard  J.  Kelley. 

3d          "         

Josiah  Culbert.* 

4th        "         

Wm.  T.  Price.* 

1st  Corporal, 

P.  Hurley.* 

2d          "          

P.  D.  Braisted.* 

3d          "         

J  D.  Earle. 

4th        "         

KB.  Stoklej^* 

5th         "         

E.  D.  Utter.* 

Privates. 

Privates. 

A.  Bogardus, 

P.  Nugent, 

S.  A.  Banks  * 

H.  A.  Petrie,* 

S.  B.  Bailey, 

E.  T.  Reilley, 

S.  S.  Barnes, 

T.  J.  Robarts,- 

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Privates. 

Privates. 

L.  Biddle,* 

J.  F.  Rosenbaum, 

C.  A.  Benedict, 

P.  K  Rink, 

J.  L.  Buckley, 

S.  Seligman,* 

F.  A.  Corse,* 

M.  Shea, 

T.  Clough,* 

J.  H.  Steele,* 

W.  Campbell,* 

D.  Sondheim, 

G.  Cosine, 

A  Selig,* 

J.  H.  Coburn, 

T.  A.  Silva, 

S.  F.  Doane,* 

W.  A.  Scott,* 

F.  Eckell,* 

T.  J.  Sullivan, 

A.  Fleet, 

^^\  T.  Sprole, 

J.  B.  Franklin,* 

A.  M.  Stearns,* 

B.  Fuller, 

R.  Staples,* 

J.  Gaylor,* 

W.  M.  Tiers, 

W.  H.  Gowday,* 

W.  C.  Terry, 

W.  M.  Gambling  * 

W.  B.  Von  Dersmitli, 

I.  D.  Hardenbergh,* 

A.  T.  Wyckoff,* 

N.  W.  Hyde, 

S.  W.  Watson,* 

S.  Isador,* 

M.  A.  Wilcox,*       " 

J.  Jauncey,  Jr., 

W.  Wall,  Jr.,* 

C.  F.  Linder,* 

J.  N.  Wilsey,* 

W.  Lay  ton,  Jr., 

J.  W.  Wood, 

J.  H.  Lane, 

M.  A.  Wilson, 

J.  P.  Miller,* 

J.  B.  Holbrook.* 

HONORARY    MEMBERS. 

W.  Alberts, 

M.  J.  Leon,* 

C.  Corley,* 

R.  S.  McDowell,* 

T.  W.  Carey,* 

C.  E.  White,* 

F.  Grain,* 

R.  Wheaton, 

A.  Jones, 

B.  S.  Yates, 

J.  Johnson,* 

S.  Sanderson.* 

P.  H.  Kiersey,* 

SIXTH    COMPANY, 

NATIONAL    GUARD. 

Captain, 

B.  M.  Nevers.* 

1st  Lieutenant, 

W.  E.  Vermilye. 

2d            "          

H.  F.  Kent.* 

1st  Sergeant, 

L.  Catlin, 

2d           '          

R.  F.  Halsted.* 

3d          " 

C.  B.  Coffin,* 

294  KOLL    OF    THE    SEVE^'TH    REGIMENT. 

V 

4tli  Sergeant, C.  IS^  Du  Bois, 

1st  Corporal, G.  W.  Ford. 

2d  "  J.  P.  Eaymoud. 

3d  " W.  B.  Freeman.* 

4tli         -  C.  Walke. 

1st  Lanoe-Corpora], J.  B.  Young. 

'2d  '^  X.  W.  S.  Catliu. 

3d  '•  F.  G.  Eldridge. 

Secretary, C.  W.  Ogden,  (Hon.) 

Paymaster, J.  J.  McLaren  * 

Privates.  .  Privates. 

X.  M.  Abbott,  U.  D.  Hull,* 

T.  R.  Ackland,*  J.  L.  Hyde, 

J.  B.  Arclicr,  C.  "W.  Irving, 

n.  Arnold,  E.  J.  Jenkins,* 

L.  Bailey,  G.  Kemble,  Jr.,* 

C.  G.  Bartlett,  E.  Kemp, 

W.  J.  Bartow,  G.  Kemp, 

E.  0.  Bird,*  J.  E.  Kent, 

J.  Black,=s=  E.  Kiersted, 

G.  A.  Boyden,-  F.  W.  King,* 

J.  H.  Bradburj',  A.  J.  Lamb,* 

jS".  G.  Bradford,  Jr.,  S.  B.  Lawrence, 

A.  S,  Brady,*  J.  Lee, 

G.  G.  BrinckerhofF.  T.  Mallaby,  Jr., 

E.  L.Bristol,  G.  S.  March, 

E.  A.  Brooks,  T.  B.  Marsh. 
H.  C.  Butler,  J.  McLaren,* 
C.  J.  Cambreling,*  C.  J.  Osborn, 
U.  J.  Campbell,  G.  H.  Palmer,* 
C.  M.  Catlin,  C.  C.  Parker, 

P.  R.  Chadwick,  S.  H.  L.  Rankin, 

F.  Clarkson,*  J.  W.  Romeyn,* 
L.  L.  S.  Clearman,*  J,  M.  Romme,* 

G.  S.  Comstock,  J.  F.  Ruggles, 
P.  H.  Coolidge,  M.  Ryder,* 

J.  D.  W.  Cutting,  K  D.  Sampson,* 

L.  L.  Cuvillier,  W.  R.  Smedberg, 

W.  B.  Dick,  A.  T.  Smith,  Jr., 

J.  H.  Draper,*  J.  S.  Smith,  Jr.,* 

R.  S.  Dumont,  E.  Soria, 

J.  Durvee,*  M.  B.  Stafford, 


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295 


Privates. 
T.  O.Ebaugii, 
G.  P.  Edgar,* 
A.  M.  Elswortli, 
J.  F.  Evans,* 
J.  H.  Falconer, 
D.  W.  C.  Falls,* 
H.  S.  Tearing, 
J.  G.  W.  Feldman, 
G.  Ferris,* 
G.  C.  Ferris, 
I.  K  Field,* 
J.  TV.  Freeman, 
W.  C.  Frost,* 
S.  A.  Gould, 
W.  P.  Halsted,* 
G.  F.  Hamilton,* 
L.  Hamilton,*  f 
W.  E.  Haws,* 
S.  E.  Hiscox, 
D.  P.  Holmes, 
G.  W.  Holmes, 
S.  J.  Hopkins, 
F.  H.  Howell, 


Privates. 
W.  A,  Stoutenberg, 
W.  H.  J.  Stratton,* 
J.  L.  Stroub,* 
W.  K  Sturges,* 
K  W.  Stuyvesant,  Jr. 
H.  T.  B.  Teer,* 
J.  W.  Timpsou, 
AV.  G.  Ulshoeffer. 
G.  W.  Van  Boskerck, 
W.  H.  Yance,* 
C.  F.  Yan  Duzer, 
J.  B.  Yose,* 
Pv.  Yose, 

"W.  R.  Yermilye,  Jr., 
J.  Ward,  Jr., 
P.  H.  Ward,* 
B.  S.  Weeks,  ^ 
W.  T.  Whiting, 
J.  M.  Wilson,* 
R.  Winsor,* 
F.  M.  Winston,  Jr.,* 
J.  F.  Woodhouse, 
M.  Youn<r,* 


HONORAKY    MEMBERS. 


W.  F.  Conger, 

C.  H.  Loutrel, 
J.  S.  Johnson, 
E.  Young, 

T.  R.  Mcllwaine, 
H.  D.  Yan  Xostrand, 
E.  Cozzens, 
E.  H.  Ensign, 
E.  Embree, 
E.  H.  Gibbs,* 
G.  R.  Hegemaii, 
J,  W.  Jennings,* 

D.  J.  Marreuner,* 
C.  C.  Nevers, 


W.  H.  Ogden, 
J.  B.  Holmes,* 

E.  H.  Jacquelin,* 
H.  Y''.  Jennings, 
G.  G,  Xevers, 

C.  E.  Badeau, 
P.  Mallett, 
J.  H.  Munson, 

F.  Jacobson,* 

C.  Rose, 

J.  H.  Ruckel, 

D.  R.  SeUeck, 
A.  Shimmel, 
J.  T.  Smith. 


t  Deceased. 


290         KOLL  OF  THE  SEVENTH  REGIMENT. 

V 

SEVENTH    COMPANY,   NATIONAL    GUARD. 

Captaiu, John  Monroe.* 

1st  Lieutenant, Wra.  J.  Williams.* 

2d  "  John  P.  Scliermerhoru,* 

1st  Sergeant, Charles  H.  Winans. 

2d  '  Edmund  S.  Henry.* 

3d  "         Hamlet  M.  Fairchild.* 

4th         "         John  ^Y.  Rowe.* 

1st   Corporal, John  Pearce. 

2d  " Samuel  G.  ISTegus.* 

3d  "        Smith  W.  Anderson.* 

4th         "        Samuel  Truesdell.* 

Privates.  Privates. 

James  D  Pearce,*  G.  W.  Putnam,* 

Wm.  AVood,  Richard  M.  Bowcrman,* 

Joseph  Pine,  Wm.  Simpson,* 

John  L.  Cameron,*  Thomas  R.  Gooch,* 

Andrew  J.  Darby,  Edward  Wellings, 

Augustus  Klauberg,  G-eorge  W.  Ely,* 

Thomas  Dixon,*  Henry  S.  Bidwell,* 

William  Drew,*  Wm.  H.  Schieffelin, 

Wm.  H.  Montanye,*  George  G.  Meacham,* 

John  D.  Moriarty,  Lewis  M.  Brown, 

Benj.  V.  Moise,*  B.  R.  Keefler, 

Jesse  Delano,*  Wm.  A.  Bailey,* 

William  Turner,  J.  A.  Elder,* 

Wm.  B.  C.  Duryce,  James  M.  Delano, 

Geo.  S.  Schermerhorn,  Frederick  H.  Pinckney,* 

Jeremiah  L.  Clark,  Samuel  W.  Thompson,* 

Henry  Street,  Richard  Dalton,* 

Edwin  T.  Putnam,*  Wasliington  Morton, 

James  E.  Mattocks,*  Alexander  B.  Stewart,* 

Charles  Hall,  Jr.,*  David  H.  Fowler, 

Geo.  H.  Tallman,  Alex.  J.  Howell,* 

Richard  D.  Goodwin,  F.  C.  Alden, 

Charles  Hobbs,  Jr.,*  Wm.  H.  Ransom, 

Allan  Rutherford,*  Charles  F.  Rogers,* 

Geo.  F.  Holmes,  Jr.,*  Charles  F.  Bennett,* 

John  B.  Leverich,*  Charles  E.  Stott,* 

Edwin  M.  Felt,*  Samuel  B.  Clark, 

Thomas  E.  Dalano,*  Charles  C.  Barnes,* 


ROLL    OF   THE    SEVP:XTH    REGOIENT. 


297 


Privates. 
Edward  S.  Crane,* 
F.  Eugene  Trotter/!^ 
John  H.  Kemp,* 
Clement  S.  Parsons,* 
A.  S.  Edget, 
John  J.  Coger,* 
Wm.  H.  Smith,* 
Robert  B.  Smith, 
David  W.  Holdredge,^ 
Fernando  C.  Pino, 
Asher  S.  Mills,* 
Frederick  E.  Hoyt,* 


Privates. 
Charles  H.  Hawkins, 
Wm.  E.  Calleuder,* 
Theo.  E.  Hathaway,* 
Samuel  J.  Sherman, 
Moses  Van  Benschoten, 
Horace  W.  Smith, 
Hugh  J.  Winters, 
Wm.  H.  Gibson, 
James  H.  Bellinghara, 
P.  C.  Godfrey, 
Edgar  Kirby, 
Edward  Murray.* 


HONOKARY  AND  EXEMPT  MEMBERS. 

Aaron  Kemp,  Thomas  W.  Atkinson,* 


L.  W.  Winchester,* 
Wm.  Patten, 
Edward  Marrenner, 
John  D.  Negus.* 
Wm.  I.  Negus, 
Jesse  Marvin, 


William  Finley, 
Thomas  S.  Shorthand,* 
J.  Cairns, 
Thomas  Dugard, 
George  Bishop,* 
H.  N.  Timolat. 


EIGHTH    COMPANY,    NATION AL    GUARD. 

Captain, Henry  C.  Shumway.* 

1st  Lieutenant, George  W.  Smith.* 

2d  ••  Charles  W.  Sy.* 

1st  Sergeant Charles  B.  Bostwick,  Jr.* 

2d  "        Charles  B.  Babcock,  Jr.* 

3d  "        Gilbert  L.  Arrowsmith. 

4th        "        Godfrey  W.  Steinbrenner. 

1st  Corporal, Wm.  H.  Nevins. 

2d  "        Eugene  Yan  Benschoten. 

3d  "        Tames  Dart.* 

4th         "        John  W.  Spicer.* 

Privates.  Privates. 

J.  Edward  Abry,  Thompson  Lewis, 

Willuim  B.  Allen,*  Benjamin  Lowder,  2d, 

Alfred  Baker,  Tlieodore  E.  Macy, 

Anson  Baker,  Jr.,*  Charles  A.  Manning, 

Adolphus  H.  Barbey,  Stephen  S.  Mapes, 

Gabriel  H.  Barbey,  Cliarles  E.  Marvine, 

13* 


298 


KOLL  OF  THE  SEVEXTH  REGIMENT. 


Privates. 
Jules  L.  Barbey, 
William  F.  Barry, 
Joseph  H.  Beams,* 
Andrew  B.  Boers, 
Philip  E.  Bogert, 
Wm.  H.  Bounett, 
Ernest  Bredt, 
G-eorge  D.  Brooks,* 
George  F.  Burdett,* 
Wm.  L.  M.  Burger,* 
George  C.  Cauldvrell, 
W.  Wallace  Campbell, 
William  Caney,* 
Thomas  R.  Clark,* 
Thomas  M.  Cozzeus,* 
Russel  Dart,  Jr., 
Wm.  U.  Dart, 
Albert  Davidson, 
Heury  Day, 
Lyman  Denison,  Jr., 
Joseph  M.  Domenecli, 
Charles  Drake, 
Henry  C.  Ellis,* 
William  R.  FaiTell, 
Robert  M.  Field,  Jr., 
William  H.  Field, 
Thomas  Franklin, 
Edward  H.  Gouge, 
Henry  D.  Green,* 
William  C.  Hamilton, 
Revo  C.  Hance,  Jr., 
Samuel  W.  Hastings, 
De^-itt  C.  Hay,* 
Charles  T.  Hedenberg,* 
Gould  B.  Hedenberg,* 
Peter  S.  Henderson, 
Wilhara  Henderson, 
John  Hendrickson, 
Elias  J.  Herrick,* 
John  S.  Hillman,* 
T.  Granville  Hoyt, 
Augustus  Howe. 


^  Privates. 

William  H.  Marvme, 
Dewitt  G.  Mather, 
George  L.  Maxwell* 
John  Meeks,  Jr.,* 
WiUiam  F.  Mettler, 
Charles  E.  Milbank, 
John  W.  Morgan, 
James  Morrison,  Jr., 
William  A.  Morrison,* 
Albert  Moulton, 
Rdward  K  Neilson, 
Clarence  M.  Xeuville, 
Robert  L.  North, 
WiUiam  E.  Pearson, 
Henry  J.  Phillips, 
Charles  E.  Prescolt,* 
Charles  W.  Price,* 
Stephen  0.  Rollinson,* 
Alfred  Y.  Ryder,* 
Stephen  0.  Ryder,* 
Samuel  W.  Sears,* 
Augustus  Seeley, 
G-eorge  W.  Schenkberg, 
Nathan  S.  Starr, 
John  W.  A.  Strickland, 
Sanford  M.  Tower, 
Francis  L.  TiflFt, 
David  Tweedie, 
Edward  B.  Underbill,* 
Wm.  H.  Van  Benschoteu, 
William  L.  Wallace,   . 
Edward  B.  Welles,* 
George  M.  Welles,* 
John  C.  Whittlesej^, 
Joseph  D.  Wickham, 
Thomas  G.  WUdman, 
William  P.  Woodroof,* 
Alexander  G.  Wood, 
Wm.  H.  Bassett, 
James  S.  Casey, 
Wm.  B.  Eager,  Jr., 
Alfred  H.  Easton, 


KOLL  OF  THE  SEYENI^H  EEGIMEXT. 


299 


Privates. 
Meredith  Howland, 
William  J.  Irvvio, 
Ebenezer  R.  Johnson,* 
Robert  L.  P.  Judson, 
James  S.  King,* 
Edward  C.  Kittle,* 
Joseph  Lamb,* 
Albert  De  Witt  Leveridge,* 


Privates. 
Samuel  W.  Foster, 
G-corge  "W.  Hertzel, 
John  C.  Jefiferis, 
Frank  H.  McGrath, 
( 'buries  E.  Mcars, 
Ernest  Parisot, 
Henry  S.  Wilson. 


HONOBAKY    MEMBEKS. 


Robert  E.  Launitz,* 
Alex.  11.  Wallis, 
Charles  H.  Saudford, 
Fred.  W.  Herring. 
Albert  Amerman, 
Charles  L.  Beaumont, 
A.  B.  Chardovoyne, 
John  P.  Duncan, 
Charles  A.  Easton, 
Thomas  J.  Hall, 
Joseph  C.  Hyatt, 


Theo.  W.  Todd, 
^klarshall  LeffcrtR,* 
Wm.  Hall, 
H.  D wight,  Jr., 
Wm.  A.  Pond. 
H.  A.  Bostwick, 
A.  W.  Paradise, 
James  G-.  Powers, 
Wm.  Tooper, 
Wm.  E.  Tread  well, 
John  H.  Wood. 


THE    GRAVES    OF    THE    PRESIDENTS     ' 


UlSriTED     STATES 


A  general  descriiDtion  of  the  tombs  of  deceased  Ame- 
rican Presidents  can  not  fail  to  interest  the  reader. 

The  list  comprises  the  names  of  those  who  went 
through  our  revolutionary  struggle,  and  who  contri- 
buted, both  in  the  field  and  in  national  conncils,  to  the 
establishment  of  our  independence  and  free  form  of 
government. 

Their  hands  and  hearts,  lives  and  fortunes,  were  alike 
devoted  to  secure  our  liberties,  and  to  perpetuate  them 
under  the  guarantees  of  a  constitutional  Union. 

Though  the  body  of  our  work  has  been  devoted  to  an 
account  of  the  translation  of  Mr.  Monroe's  remains,  and 
the  civil  and  military  honors  associated  therewith,  we 
have  thought  that  our  labors  might  be  fitly  concluded 
by  a  descrij^tion  of  the  places  where  sleep  the  honored 
relics  of  our  illustrious  Presidents. 

Their  graves  are  simple,  and,  like  their  lives,  unosten- 
tatious. No  kingly  mausoleums,  no  royal  escurials,  or 
princely  tombs,  beneath  arched  ceilings  of  costly  cathe- 
drals, rise  to  tell  the  world  of  their  deeds,  though  more 
glorious  than  the  lives  of  the  greatest  kings.  Their  his 
tory  is  written  in  the  rise  and  progress  of  a  great  and 
free  country.  Their  tombs  are  found  in  quiet  and  rural 
places,  resting  in  unobtrusive  silence,  surrounded  by  the 


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I 


GRAVES  OF  THE  PRESIDENTS.  301 

modest  habiliments  of  nature,  watched  by  the  passing 
stars  at  night,  and  chanted  to  by  the  wild  birds,  and 
solitary  chirping  of  insects  by  day. 

Such  are  the  tombs  of  the  illustrious  dead,  which  we 
have  described  in  the  following  pages,  beginning  with 
George  Wasliington  and  ending  with  Zachary  Taylor. 

THE   TOMB   OF   WASHINGTON. 

At  Mount  Vernon,  the  Mecca  of  Republicanism,  the 
remains  of  the  Father  of  his  country  repose,  where,  ac- 
cording to  his  desire,  they  were  interred.  Though  Con- 
gress has  expressed  a  desire  that  the  remains  should  be 
interred  beneath  the  national  capital  at  the  seat  of  gov- 
ernment, which  bears  his  name,  and  the  Legislature  of 
Virginia  has  requested  the  privilege  of  placing  his  re- 
mains beneath  a  monument  at  the  capital  of  that  State, 
his  own  request  has  been  deemed  sufficient  to  overrule 
such  demonstrations  of  national  and  State  respect,  for 
in  his  will  he  desired  that  a  new  fixmily  vault  should  be 
built  at  Mount  Vernon,  "  at  the  foot  of  what  is  com- 
monly called  the  Vineyard  Enclosure."  In  1831,  thirty- 
four  years  after  his  death,  this  wish  was  complied  with, 
and  a  new  tomb  was  erected  on  the  site  indicated.  The 
walls  are  of  brick,  eight  feet  high,  arched  over  at  top ; 
the  front  rough  cast,  with  a  strong  casement  of  free-stone. 
A  stone  panel  over  the  door  bears  the  following  inscription : 

I  am  the  resurrection  and  the  life.  He  that  believeth  in  me, 
though  he  were  dead,  yet  shall  he  live, 

A  brick  inclosure,  twelve  feet  high,  surrounds  the 
vault,  with  an  iron  gate  opening  in  front  of  the  vault- 
door,  flanked  with  pilasters,  surrounded  with  stone  cop- 
ing and  cornice.  Over  the  gateway  is  the  following  in- 
scription, on  a  plain  slab  : 

"Within  this  inclosure  rest  the  remains  of  General  George  "Wash- 
inerton. 


302  GEAVES  OF  THE  PRESIDENl'S. 

V 

In  the  year  1837,  by  permission  of  Mr.  Lawrence 
Lewis,  the  then  only  surviving  executor  of  Washington, 
Mr.  John  Struthers,  of  Philadelphia,  was,  upon  his  re- 
quest, allowed  the  privilege  of  constructing  a  marble 
sarcophagus,  in  which  the  remains  are  now  deposited. 
The  sarcophagus  is  of  modern  form,  cut  from  solid 
Pennsylvania  marble,  eight  feet  long,  three  feet  wide, 
and  two  feet  high,  resting  on  a  pUnth  projecting  four 
inches  from  the  base.  The  top  is  of  Italian  marble, 
on  the  face  of  which  is  sculptured,  in  bold  relief,  the 
arms  and  insignia  of  the  United  States,  and  in  dimen- 
sions nearly  as  large  as  its  surface. 

The  following  inscription  is  seen  between  the  armorial 
bearings  and  the  foot  of  the  sarcophagus: 

^'ASHIXGTOX. 

The  body  of  Martha,  the  wife  of  Washington,  is  en- 
cased in  a  similar  sarcophagus,  the  two  occuppng  the 
right  and  left  sides  of  the  entrance  to  the  tomb,  and 
being  visible  from  the  outer  gateway  through  the  iron 
gate. 

A  project  was  recently  set  on  foot  to  j^urchase  Mount 
Yemon  for  the  people  of  the  L'nited  States,  by  a  com- 
pany of  ladies.  They  were  assisted  by  the  Hon.  Edward 
Everett,  who  delivered  a  number  of  lectures  in  aid  of  the 
cause,  which  drew  large  audiences  and  realized  large 
additions  to  the  general  fund.  Cooperation  was  also 
afforded  by  the  Hon.  Fernando  Wood  and  others  in  the 
way  of  lectures,  etc.  The  collections  having  reached  a 
large  amount,  the  bargain  for  its  purchase  at  $200,000 
was  closed  by  the  Ladies'  Mount  Yemon  Association, 
and  henceforward  it  only  remains  to  complete  a  jDortion 
of  the  subscriptions,  to  secure  it  forever  to  the  people  of 
the  United  States. 


GRAVES    OF   THE   PRESIDENTS. 


303 


THE   TOMB   OF   JOHN   ADAMS. 

Beneath  the  portico  of  the  Unitarian  Church  at 
Quincy,  Massachusetts,  near  Boston,  known  as  the 
Adams  Stone  Temple,  in  consequence  of  John  Adams 
having  been  a  liberal  benefactor,  lie  the  remains  of  Pre- 
sident John  Adams,  and  of  his  son.  President  John 
Quincy  Adams,  and  their  wives,  Abigail  and  Louisa.  In 
1826,  after  his  father's  death,  John  Quincy  Adams  pro- 
posed that  the  Church,  then  about  to  erect  the  "  tem- 
ple," should  authorize  him  to  construct  beneath  it  a 
vault  at  his  expense,  wherein  the  remains  of  his  father 
and  mother  might  be  deposited.  Accordingly,  an  in- 
denture was  granted,  conveying  a  space  fourteen  feet 
square  under  the  portico,  with  liberty  to  affix  to  any  por- 
tion of  the  walls  of  the  temple  obituary  tablets.  The 
vault  was  accordingly  constructed,  and  a  marble  monu- 
ment was  erected  on  the  east  end  of  the  edifice,  at  the 
side  of  the  pulpit,  surmounted  by  a  bust  of  John  Adams, 
from  the  chisel  of  Greenough,  the  tablets  bearing  the 
following  inscription : 

LIBERTATEM  AMICITIAM  FIDEM  RETINEBIS. 

D.  O.  M. 

Beneath  these  walls 

Are  deposited  the  mortal  remains  of 

JOIIX  ADA^IS, 

Son  of  John  and  Susanna  (Boj'lston)  Adams, 

Second  President  of  the  United  States. 

Born  19-30  October,  I'TSS. 

On  the  Fourth  of  July,  17*76, 

He  pledged  his  life,  fortune,  and  sacred  honor, 

To  the  independence  of  his  countr3\ 

On  the  Third  of  September,  1783, 

He  affixed  his  seal  to  the  definitive  treaty 

"With  Great  Britain, 

Which  acknowledged  that  independence. 

And  consummated  the  redemption  of  his  pledge. 

On  the  Fourth  of  J-ilv,  18'2('>, 


304  GRAVES    OF   THE    PRESIDENTS. 

He  was  suiAmoned 

To  the  independence  of  immortality 

And  to  the  judgment  of  his  God. 

This  house  will  bear  witness  to  his  piet}- ; 

This  town,  his  birthplace,  to  his  munificence ; 

History  to  his  patriotism ; 

Posterity  to  the  depth  and  compass 

Of  his  mind. 

At  his  side 

sleeps,  till  the  trump  shall  sound, 

ABIGAIL, 

his  beloved  and  only  wife, 

daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Quincy) 

Smith, 

In  every  relation  of  life  a  pattern 

of  filial,  conjugal,  maternal,  and  social 

virtue. 

Born  Nov.  11-22,  11 U. 

Deceased  28th  Oct.  1818. 

^t.  74. 

Married  25th  Oct.  1764. 

During  a  period  of  more  than  half 

a  century 

they  survived,  in  harmonj'  of 

sentiment,  principle,  and  affection, 

the  tempests  of  civil  commotion  ; 

Meeting  undaunted,  and  surmounting 

the  terrors  and  trials  of  that  Revolution 

which  secured  the  freedom  of 

their  countrj". 

Improved  the  condition  of  their 

times,  and  brightened  the  prospects 

of  futurity  to  the  race  of  man 

upon  earth. 

PILGRIM, 

From  lives  thus  spent,  thy  early  duties  learn  ; 
From  fancj^s  dreams,  to  active  virtue  turn ; 
Let  Freedom,  Friendship,  Faith,  thy  soul  engage, 
And  serve  like  them  thy  country  and  thy  age. 


GKAVES    OF    THE   PRESIDENTS.  305 

THE     TOMB     OF     JEFFERSON. 

The  author  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  sleeps 
his  last  sleep  at  Monticello,  near  Charlottesville,  Albe- 
marle county,  Virginia,  near  his  former  estate,  now 
OTVTied  by  Commander  U.  P.  Levy,  of  the  United  States 
Navy,  who  is  also  the  proprietor  of  President  Monroe's 
estate.  At  the  summit  of  the  gap  between  Monticello 
and  Carter's  Mountain,  the  road  to  the  grave  is  through 
a  rustic  gate,  winding  and  stony,  to  the  grave-yard,  by 
the  side  of  the  woods.  Near  the  entrance  is  the  sacred 
spot,  indicated  by  a  granite  monument  eight  feet  high, 
sadly  mutilated  by  visitors,  whose  mistaken  patriotism 
has  not  hesitated  to  desecrate  the  grave  of  the  great  de- 
parted to  secure  a  memento.  In  the  southern  face  of  the 
jiedestal  a  marble  tablet  was  placed,  with  the  following 

inscrijition : 

Here  lies  buried 

THOMAS  JEFFERSOX, 

Author  of  the  Declaration  of  American  Independence, 

Of  the  statute  of  Virginia 

for  religious  freedom, 

And  father  of  the 

University  of 

Virginia. 

The  depredations  of  visitors  necessitated  the  removal 
of  this  tablet  from  the  monument  to  the  mansion,  out 
of  their  reach.  At  each  side  of  the  monument  is  a 
grave  with  a  marble  slab.  One  is  the  grave  of  his  wife, 
who  died  in  1VH2,  ten  years  after  their  marriage.  Below 
the  usual  record  are  two  lines  of  the  speech  of  Achilles 
over  the  dead  body  of  Hector:  "And  though  spirits  in 
a  future  state  be  oblivious  of  the  past,  he  will  even  there 
remember  his  loved  companion."  The  other  two  graves 
are  those  of  his  daughters,  Martha  Wayles  Randolph, 
who  survived  him,  and  Maria  Eppes,  who  died  before 
him. 


306  GRAVES    OF    THE    PKESIDENl'S. 

V 

THE     TOMB     OF     MONROE. 

The  recent  resting-place  of  the  remains  of  James  Mon- 
roe in  the  Marble  Cemetery  in  Second  street,  i^ew- 
York,  has  been  described  in  the  preceding  pages. 

The  Marble  Cemetery  was  got  np  by  a  Mr.  Norris, 
the  owner  of  a  marble  yard,  on  private  speculation,  and 
was  laid  out  into  lots  and  sold  out  in  full  to  private  fami- 
lies, on  which  many  of  them  proceeded  to  erect  expensive 
vaults.  It  was  the  forerunner  of  Greenwood,  and  at  the 
present  time,  there  is  a  large  vault  kept  ready  where 
bodies  of  leading  families  are  frequently  temj)orarily 
placed  before  their  final  removal  to  the  latter  city  of  the 
dead. 

The  vault  in  wliich  Mr.  Monroe's  remains  lately  rested, 
was  in  one  of  these  lots.  It  was  large,  and  subdi- 
vided into  compartments,  in  which  were  interred  Mr. 
Tillotson,  Mr.  Monroe,  Mrs.  Governeur,  his  wife's  sister, 
and  his  daughter,  Mrs.  S.  L.  Governeur.  Though  con- 
taining the  remains  of  several  persons,  a  single  slab  over 
it,  about  a  foot  square,  contained  the  following  inscrip- 
tion ; 

JAMES  MOXROE. 

ROBERT    TILLOTSOX. 

A^ault  147. 

This  was  all  that  afforded  any  outside  index  to  those 
who  rested  beneath.  We  have  seen,  that  just  twenty- 
seven  years,  lacking  two  days  and  a  few  hours,  after  his 
death,  his  remains  were  disinterred. 

In  his  last  illness  he  was  attended  by  Dr.  Berger,  the 
family  physician  of  Mr.  Governeur,  and  expired  at  half- 
past  ten  o'clock  the  4th  July,  1831,  and  was  disinterred 
on  the  3d  July,  1858,  at  half-past  four  A.M. 

When  buried,  a  silver  plate,  as  we  have  seen,  was 
placed  on  his  coffin,  with  this  inscription  : 


GRAVES    OF   THE    PRESIDENTS.  307 

JAMES  MONROE, 

of  Virginia, 

Died  the  4tli  July,  1831. 

Aged  74  years. 

Mrs.  Monroe  died  a  short  time  before  her  husband, 
and  was  interred,  with  other  members  of  the  family,  near 
his  former  private  residence,  at  Oak  Hill,  Loudon  county, 
Virginia,  near  the  Potomac  River. 

Mr.  Monroe's  remains,  as  all  know,  now  rest  in  per- 
petual peace  in  Hollywood,  at  Richmond,  in  his  native 
State. 

THE   TOMB   OF   MADISON. 

At  Monti^elier,  Orange  county,  Ya.,  thirty  miles  from 
the  grave  of  Jefferson,  from  1836  to  within  about  a  year, 
the  remains  of  Ex-President  Madison  had  been  peacefully 
resting,  with  naught  but  tradition  to  mark  the  spot,  in 
spite  of  repeated  eiforts  to  raise  the  requisite  funds  to 
erect  a  monument  suitable  to  his  worth.  At  length, 
however,  by  private  subscription,  the  sum  of  8700  was 
raised,  and  the  work  of  raising  the  monument  was  com- 
menced, the  grave  being  identified  with  much  difiiculty. 
The  coffin  was  exposed  to  view  by  the  excavation,  and 
upon  removing  the  upper  lid,  which  was  not  fastened, 
those  present  beheld  all  that  was  left  of  the  earthly  re- 
mains of  James  Madison.  The  coffin  was  in  an  excellent 
state  of  preservation,  though  the  body  was  much  decayed. 
The  bones  and  breast,  the  ribs,  the  lower  jaw,  were  re- 
turned to  their  original  dust,  the  only  portions  of  the 
skeleton  remaining  being  the  skull,  portions  of  the  cheek 
bones,  the  vertebrae  of  the  neck,  spine,  and  large  bones 
of  the  arms,  so  completely  had  twenty-one  years  done 
the  work  of  dissolution.  The  foundations  were  built  from 
a  sufficiently  secure  ground  around  the  coffin,  arched 
over  the  top,  and  forming  a  vault.  The  form  of  the 
monument  is  a  simple  obelisk,  and  consists  of  seven  mas- 


308  GKAVKS    OF    TUE    TKESlDJiXTS. 

sive  pieces  of  stone,  the  wliMe  being  twenty-two  feet  six 
inches  high,  and  weighing  thirty-two  thousand  pounds  ; 
with  the  foundation  the  structure  measures  .twenty-four 
feet  above  the  burying-ground.  The  inscription  is  about 
nine  feet  from  the  base,  and  is  as  follows  : 

MADISOX. 
Born  March  10,  1751 ;  died  June  28,  1836. 

The  work  is  substantial,  and  its  simple  beauty  is  m  ex- 
cellent keeping  with  the  quiet  country  church-yard  and 
the  great  and  good  man  whose  country-men's  apprecia- 
tion and  love  the  marble  commemorates.  No  pretensions 
were  made  for  beauty  or  extravagant  decorations,  but 
simply  to  indicate  the  love  of  the  patriotic  citizens  for  the 
departed  friend  and  statesman.  The  remains  of  Mrs. 
Madison  have  been  interred  near  those  of  her  husband, 
whom  she  survived  a  number  of  years. 

THE   TOUTB   OF   JOHN   aUINCY   ADAMS. 

In  the  same  vault  which  the  filial  affection  of  John 
Quincy  Adams  caused  to  be  erected  for  his  parents,  at 
Quincy,  Mass.,  his  remains  now  repose,  together  with 
those  of  his  wife,  and  a  mural  moimment  similar  to  that 
which  he  erected  for  his  father,  was  erected  for  him  by 
liis  only  surviving  son.  Rev.  C.  F.  Adams,  in  1852,  in  the 
"Adams  Stone  Temple."  The  church  gave  to  the  son 
the  privilege  which  they  had  not  denied  the  father.  A 
tablet  of  white  marble  was  erected  at  the  north  of  the 
pulpit,  crowned  with  a  bust  of  John  Quincy  Adams,  by 
Powers,  finished  by  him  after  repeated  sittings  of  Mr. 
Adams,  in  April,  1837,  and  said  to  be  an  excellent  por- 
trait. It  was  so  much  regarded  as  a  work  of  art,  that  it 
was  purchased  from  Mr.  Powers  by  Mr.  Greenough,  the 
artist  of  John  Adams'  bust,  and  upon  John  Quincy's  de- 
cease, was  purchased  by  Mr.  C.  F.  Adams  of  Mr.  Green- 


GRAVES  OF  THE  PRESIDENTS.  309 

ongh,  and  placed  in  its  present  position.  The  design  of 
an  acorn,  which  is  sculptured  with  a  leaf  on  the  tablet, 
was  a  particular  favorite  of  John  Quincy  Adams,  and  he 
Avas  so  much  attached  to  it  that  he  had  it  cut  upon  a  seal 
which  he  habitually  wore.  The  white  oak  leaf  represents 
the  sturdy  growth  of  New-England.  The  first  and  last 
letters  of  the  Greek  alphabet,  which  surmount  the  inscrip- 
tions, were  his  favorite  symbols  of  the  Deity,  referring  to 
the  well-known  passage  :  "  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the 
beginning  and  the  ending,  saith  the  Lord,  which  is,  and 
which  was,  and  which  is  to  come,  the  Almighty."  The 
following  is  the  inscri2)tion  : 

ALTERI  SECULO. 
A  12 

Near  this  place 

Reposes  all  that  could  die  of 

JOHN   QUINCY  ADAMS, 

Son  of  John  and  Abigail  (Smith)  Adams. 

Sixth  President  of  the  United  States. 

Born  11th  July,  1167. 

Amidst  the  storms  of  civil  commotion 

He  nursed  the  vigor  which  nerves  a  statesman  and  a 

Patriot, 

And  the  faith 

which  inspires  a  Christian. 

For  moj*e  than  half  a  century, 

Whenever  his  country  called  for  his  labors 

in  either  Hemisphere,  or  in  any  capacity, 

He  never  spared  them  in  her  cause. 

On  the  twenty-fourth  of  December,  1814, 

He  signed  the  second  treaty  with  Great  Britain, 

Which  restored  peace  within  her  borders. 

On  the  twenty-third  of  February,  1848, 

He  closed  sixteen  years  of  eloquent  defense 

Of  the  lessons  of  his  youth, 

By  dying  at  his  post. 

In  her  great  national  council. 

A  son  worthy  of  his  father — 

A  citizen  shedding  glory  on  his  country — 


310  GRAVES    OF   THE    PRESIDENTS, 

A  scholar,  ambitious  k>  advance  mankind, 
This  Christian  sought  to  walk  humbly 
In  the  sight  of  his  God. 

Beside  him  lies 

His  partner  for  fifty  years, 

LOUISA  CATHERINE, 

Daughter  of  Joshua  and  Catherine  (Nash)  Johnson  ; 

Born  12th  February,  1775; 

Married  26th  July,  1797  ; 

Deceased  15th  May,   1852, 

Aged  77. 

Living  through  many  vicissitudes, 

Under  high  responsibilities, 
As  a  daughter,  wife,  and  mother, 
She  proved  equal  to  all. 
Dying,  slie  left  to  her  family  and  to  her  sex 
The  blessed  remembrance 
Of  u  woman  that 
"  Feareth  the  Lord." 
"Herein  is  that  saying  true:  one  soweth  and  another  reapeth  ;  I 
sent  you  to  reap  that  wherein  ye  bestowed  no  labor ;  other  men  la- 
bored, and  ye  are  entered  into  tlieir  labors." 

THE   TOMB   OF   JACKSON. 

At  the  Hermitage,  delightfiillj  situated  on  the  banks 
of  the  Cumberland  river,  about  ten  miles  from  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  where  in  life  the  General  and  President  resided, 
his  mortal  remains  now  repose.  It  was  his  desire,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  republican  plainness  which  character- 
ized his  life,  that  his  tomb  should  be  marked  by  no  pomp 
or  commemorative  show.  He  desired  to  be  interred  in 
a  plain  manner,  and  is  known  to  have  refused  a  proffered 
present  of  an  antiquated  marble  sarcoj^hagus,  brought 
from  the  Mediteraanean,  and  said  to  have  once  contained 
the  remains  of  ancient  heroes.  He  was  interred  in  the 
family  tomb,  beside  his  wife,  who  had  died  sixteen  years 
before  him.  The  following  inscription  on  her  tomb  is 
peculiarly  interesting  from  the  fact  of  its  having  been 
written  bv  himself : 


GRAVES    OF    THE   PRESIDENTS.  311 

Here  lie  the  remains  of 

Mrs.  RACHEL  JACKSOX, 

wife  of  President  Jackson, 

who  died  on  the  22d  of  December,  1828, 

aged  61. 

Her  face  was  fair,  her  person  pleasing,  her  temper 

amiable,  and  her  heart  kind. 
She  delighted  in  relieving  the  wants  of  her  fellow- 
creatures, 
and  to  cultivate  that  divine  pleasure  by  the  most  liberal 
and  unpretending  methods. 
To  the  poor  she  was  a  benefactress ; 
to  the  rich  she  was  an  example ; 
to  the  wretched  a  comforter ; 
to  the  prosperous  an  ornament. 
Her  pity  went  hand  in  hand  with  her  benevolence, 
and  she  thanked  her  Creator  for  being  permitted  to  do 

good. 

A  being  so  gentle  and  so  virtuous  slander  might  wound, 

but  it  could  not  dishonor. 

Even  Death,  when  he  tore  her  from  the  arms  of  her 

husband, 

could  but  transplant  her  to  the  bosom  of 

her  God. 


THE  TOMB  OF   HARRISON. 

In  the  family  tomb  at  North-Bend,  Ohio,  but  a  few 
miles  from  Cincinnati,  on  the  bank  of  the  Ohio  rivei*,  the 
remains  of  President  Harrison  now  repose.  On  the  oc- 
casion of  the  fnneral  j^ageant  at  the  seat  of  government, 
where  he  died  but  one  month  after  his  inauguration,  the 
remains  were  interred  in  the  Congressional  bury  in  g- 
ground,  and  were  subsequently  removed  to  the  family 
vault.  There  is  no  pubhshed  description  of  the  family 
tomb,  and  it  is  a  curious  fact,  that  neither  the  biographies 
of  the  illustrious  General  and  President,  or  the  very  full 
accounts  of  his  obsequies,  make  any  mention  of  the  in- 
scriptions on  either  the  coffin  or  the  tomb.     Mrs.  Harri- 


312  GRAVES    OF    THE    PRESIDENTS. 

son  is  still  living,  near  Cincin^iati,  at  North-Bend,  Ohio, 
with  her  son-in-law,  Hon.  J.  Scott  Harrison,  who  is  a 
member  of  Congress.  Her  health  recently  has  been  so 
poor  that  she  has  been  partly  confined  to  her  bed.  On 
the  2'7th  of  February  last  she  was  waited  upon  by  a  large 
delegation  of  the  Cincinnati  Pioneer  Association,  many 
of  the  members  of  which  were  intimately  acquainted 
with  General  Harrison.  They  presented  her  with  a 
number  of  tokens  of  their  resj^ect  and  esteem  for  her 
husband  and  herself.  Mrs.  Harrison  is  now  about  eighty- 
three  years  of  age. 

Since  the  above  was  written,  the  late  residence  of 
General  Harrison,  at  Xorth-Bend,  has  been  totally  con- 
sumed by  fire,  while  in  charge  of  servants,  Mrs.  Harrison 
and  the  family  being  at  her  son's  in  Cincinnati.  With 
the  house,  a  valuable  library,  with  a  large  collection  of 
public  documents,  letters,  etc.,  relating  to  the  early  his- 
tory of  the  West,  were  consumed. 

THE   TOMB   OF   POLK. 

In  a  pleasant  spot  in  the  suburbs  of  Nashville,  the  ca- 
pital of  Tennessee,  in  front  of  the  former  residence  of 
President  Polk,  and  where  his  widow  now  resides,  a 
tasteful  monument  is  erected  over  his  remains.  It  i-s  of 
native  lime-stone,  supported  by  four  columns,  with  a 
square  pillar  in  the  centre,  on  which  is  the  following 
inscription : 

On  the  entablature — 

JAMES  KNOX  POLK,  Tenth  President  of  the  United  States. 
Born  Nov.  2,  1795  ;  died  June  15,  1849. 

Gn  first  side  of  the  monument — 

The  mortal  remains 

of 

JAMES  KNOX  POLK 

are  restimr  in  the  vault  beneath. 


GRAVES    OF    THE    PRESIDE Vrs.  313 

He  was  born  in  Mecklenbui'g  county, 

North-Carolina, 

And  emigrated  with  his  father, 

Samuel  Polk,  to  Tennessee 

in  1806. 

The  beauty  of  virtue 

was  ilkistrated  in  his  life. 

The  excellence  of  Christianity 

was  exemplified  in  his  death. 

On  the  second  side — 

His  life  was  devoted  to 

the  public  service.     He  was 

elevated  successively  to  the  first 

places  in  the  State  and  Federal 

(rovernments  ;    a  member  of  tlie 

General  Assembly ; 

a  member  of  Congi^ess  and 

Chairman  of  the  most  important 

Congressional  Committees  ; 

Speaker  of  the  House  of 

Eepresentatives  ; 

Governor  of  Tennessee,  and 

President  of  the 

United  States. 

On  the  third  side  there  is  no  inscription  ;  on  the  fourth 
is  the  following : 

By  his  public  policy  he  defined, 

established,    and    extended    the 

boundaries  of  his  country. 

He  planted  the  laws  of  the 

American  Union 

on  the  shores  of  the  Pacific. 

His  influence  and  his  counsels 

tended  to  organize  the 

]S"ational  Treasury 
on  the  principles  of  the 

Constitution, 

and  to  apply  the  rule  of 

Freedom    to    l^avigation. 

Trade    and 

Intlustrv. 

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314  GRAVES  OF  THE  PRESIDENTS. 


THE     TOMB     OF     TAYLOR. 

Near  Louisville,  Kentucky,  the  former  residence  of  his 
father,  the  remains  of  President  Zachary  Taylor  are 
interred,  marked  by  a  plain  and  simj^le  monument.  Like 
General  Harrison,  he  was  first  interred  in  the  Congres- 
sional burying-ground  at  Washington,  where  he  died  a 
short  time  after  his  inauguration.  Li  the  fall  of  the  same 
year,  however,  they  were  removed  and  deposited  in  the 
family  cemetery,  as  stated  above,  where  his  wife  has  since 
been  placed  beside  him. 

THE   LIVING  EX-PRESIDENTS. 

Of  the  ex-Presidents  there  are  now  living  Martin  Van 
Buren,  at  Kinderhook,  Xew-York  ;  John  Tyler,  at  Sher- 
wood Forest,  Virginia ;  Franklin  Pierce,  at  Concord, 
New-Hampshire,  and  Millard  Fillmore,  at  Buffalo,  New- 
York. 


I 


CONCLUSION. 

The  publisher  of  the  foregoing  vokinie  is  a  citizen  of 
Xew-York,  where  he  has  reared  a  family,  and  has  liad  all 
the  ties  of  local  associations  to  spring  up  around  him. 
These  have  been  of  a  nature  to  attach  him  to  his  resi- 
dence, while  he  has  been  delighted  with  the  liberal  s])irit, 
commercial  enterj^rise,  and  the  patriotic  devotion  mani- 
fested by  its  citizens  to  our  national  Union. 

He  has  also  been  pleased  with  the  miUtary  spirit  of  its 
citizen-soldiers,  demonstrated  on  more  than  one  occasion 
by  the  Seventh  Regiment  National  Guard. 

Yet,  while  yielding  to  none  in  his  devotion  to  the  high- 
est interest  of  the  city  of  his  adoption,  he  is  equally  in- 
capable of  forgetting  that  he  is  a  native  of  Virginia,  and 
that  his  father  and  relatives  were  the  cotemporaries  and 
companions  of  some  of  Virginia's  noblest  sons,  in  the 
persons  of  her  Jeftersons,  Madisons,  and  Monroes. 

He  can  not  forget  the  brilliant  part  performed  by  his 
native  State  in  our  revolutionary  struggle,  and  the  services 
rendered  by  her  heroes  in  the  field,  and  by  her  statesmen 
in  the  councils  of  the  country. 

Impressed  with  a  deep  love  and  veneration  for  our  na- 
tional Union — the  only  hope  of  liberty  for  man  over  the 
Avorld — ^lie  felt  anxious  to  contribute  any  means  in  his 
power,  however  small,  towards  cementing  and  perpetu- 
ating it  for  all  time. 

The  removal  of  ex-President  Monroe's  remains  from 
New- York  to  Virginia,  who  had  been  known  to  his  boy- 
hood as  a  patriarchal  statesman,  and  who,  with  Madison 


316  coNCLUsiox. 

and  Jefferson,  was  the  neighbor  and  friend  of  his  youtli, 
was  an  event  which  deeply  interested  his  feelings. 

He  recollected  the  love  which  all  bore  for  the  Union 
during  his  administration,  and  how  j^eaceful  and  happy 
the  country  had  been  under  it. 

He  had  shared  the  pain  and  mortification  felt  by  all 
patriotic  minds  amidst  the  sectional  agitation  that  had 
since  convulsed  the  people,  and  with  them  deplored  the 
open  attempts  which  had  been  made,  in  violation  of  the 
advice  of  the  Father  of  his  country,  to  alienate  one  section 
of  the  Union  from  the  other. 

He  witnessed  the  solemn  ceremonies  which  attended 
the  resurrection  of  ex-President  Monroe's  remains,  and 
their  translation  to  Virginia,  from  the  North  to  the  South, 
the  revival  of  fraternal  love  and  the  rekindling  of  pa- 
triotic devotion  to  our  national  Union. 

He  saw  an  entire  Regiment,  and  that  among  one  of 
the  first  volunteer  corj^s  in  the  world,  at  great  personal 
inconvenience  and  expense,  go  with  those  hallowed  re- 
mams  to  the  soil  of  their  nativity ;  and  there,  beneath 
the  rays  of  a  July  sun,  mingle  with  the  people  of  Vir- 
ginia in  tlie  sad  ceremonies  at  their  reinterment  in  Holly- 
Avood  Cemetery ;  where,  we  trust,  the  remains  of  J  effer- 
son  and  Madison  may  be  gathered,  as  proposed  by 
Governor  Wise,  and  a  grand  mausoleum  rise  above  them, 
commemorative  of  their  noble  services  to  their  country, 
and  to  the  cause  of  liberty  throughout  the  world. 

The  reception  of  the  [N'ational  Guard  was  no  less  warm, 
heartfelt,  and  hospitable,  than  their  patriotism  and  devo- 
tion to  the  remams  of  the  deceased  had  been  self-denying 
and  unremitting. 

The  military  of  ]N"ew-York  and  Virginia — the  sons  of 
the  "  Empire  State  »  and  of  the  "  Old  Dominion  "—fell 
into  each  other's  arms  and  jomed  their  voices  and  j^rayers 
in  an  appeal  to  Heaven  for  the  eternal  duration  of  Ameri- 
can libertv  and  union. 


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CONCLUSION.  317 

Again,  this  noble  Regiment  was  seen  wending  its  way 
homeward,  impressed  with  the  uncertainty  of  life  by  the 
loss  of  a  young  and  distinguished  member  of  its  corps — 
they  turned  aside  to  bow  in  silent  homage  at  the  tomb 
of  him  who  "  was  first  in  war,  first  in  peace,  and  first  in  the 
hearts  of  his  countrymen,"  and,  led  by  their  Chaplain,  they 
poured  forth  renewed  supplications  to  the  Sup-eme 
Ruler  of  the  Universe  for  blessings  on  their  country,  and 
repeated  their  vows  of  eternal  devotion  to  the  perpetuity 
of  its  union. 

Why  should  scenes  and  recollections  like  these  perish  ? 
Why  should  the  noble  speeches  and  sentiments  called 
forth  by  the  occasion,  in  ISTew-York  and  in  Virginia,  be 
struck,  as  it  were,  from  existence  ?  Or,  why  should  not 
they  be  gathered  up  and  preserved  among  the  brightest 
treasures  of  our  national  history  ? 

These  were  the  thoughts  which  engaged  the  mind  of 
the  publisher. 

He,  therefore,  acting  from  the  impulse  of  his  feel- 
ings, determined  to  have  all  the  materials  relating  to  this 
interesting  national  event  carefully  compiled,  and  to 
have  them  published  in  the  form  now  presented  to  the 
public. 

In  the  foregoing  pages  will  be  found  a  full  account  of 
all  the  demonstrations,  civil  and  military,  attending  the 
translation  of  the  remains  of  ex-President  Monroe,  and 
also,  as  a  tribute  of  respect  for  the  noble  conduct  of  the 
Seventh  Regiment  National  Guard,  a  history  of  its  or- 
ganization and  progress  up  to  the  present  time,  accom- 
panied with  biographical  sketches  of  its  principal  officers, 
concluding^  with  an  interestino^  account  of  the  tombs  of 
all  our  deceased  Presidents. 

The  publisher  undertook  this  pleasing  task  solely  with 
the  view  of  commemorating  an  event  in  our  history,  so 
creditable  to  all  concerned,  and  which  will  stand  out  as 
an  example  of  devotion  to  the  principles  of  oar  national 


3 1 8  COXCLUSIOX. 

V 

Union,  for  the  admiration  and  guidance  of  future  gene- 
rations. 

He  also  designed  the  work  to  be  a  compliment  to  the 
Seventh  Regiment  National  Guard,  to  every  member  of 
which  he  proposed  to  present  a  copy. 

He  also  designed  presenting  copies  to  the  military 
of  Virginia  who  participated  in  the  ceremonies  at  Rich- 
mond, as  well  as  to  the  civil  authorities  of  the  city  of 
New- York  and  of  Virginia. 

The  book  is  not  published  for  sale,  but  has  been  pre- 
pared and  published  solely  with  the  view  and  for  the 
objects  herein  set  forth. 

That  its  gratuitous  distribution  may  tend  to  strengthen 
our  reverence  for  that  virtue  and  patriotism  so  beauti- 
fully exemplified  in  the  private  and  public  life  of  the  de- 
ceased patriot,  the  translation  of  whose  remains  it  com- 
memorates, to  renew  our  love  for  the  Union,  and  to  keep 
alive  that  spirit  of  the  citizen-soldier  so  necessary  for  our 
national  defense,  and  so  well  illustrated  in  the  history  of 
the  Seventh  Regiment  Xational  Guard,  shall  ever  be  the 
^^^sh  and  prayer  of  the  publisher, 

Udolpho  "Wolfe. 


i 


INDEX 


Page 
Introduction, 6 

Obsequies  of  President  Monroe  in  1831,    14 

Interesting  Correspondence, 18 

Action  of  the  Legislature  of  Virginia, 19 

Proceedings  of  Virginians,  and  their  Descendants,  in  the  City 

of  Xew-York  and  its  Vicinity, 20 

Second  Meeting  of  the  Virginians  at  the  Metropolitan 

Hotel,  June  22, 23 

Third  and  Final  Meeting  of  the  Virginians, 28 

Report  of  the  Committee, 28 

Remarks  of  Mr.  Mumford, 30 

Biographical  Sketch  of  President  Monroe, 31 

Remarks  of  Colonel  Peyton, 33 

Proceedings  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Ji"ew- 

York, , 38 

Meeting  of  Common  Council  Committee  of  Arrangements, 
attended  by  a  Committee  of  Virginians,  and  the  Rela- 
tives of  Mr.  Monroe.     Speeches   of  Mr.  Gouverneur 

and  Colonel  Peyton, 48 

Copy  of  a  Letter  to  Governor  Henry  A.  Wise,  by  Sam.  L. 

Gouverneur, 53 

Arrival  of  the  Committee  from  Virginia — Meeting  of  the 
Committee  of  the  Common  Council — ^The  Pall-Bearers 
appointed  —  Their  N"ames — the  Fifty-Fifth  Regiment 

competing  for  the  Escort,  etc.,  etc, 56 

John  Cochrane  accepts  the  Invitation  to  act  as  Orator — 
Invitation  to  Mayor  Tiemann,  both  Branches  of  the 
Common  Council,  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  and  Heads 
of  Departments,  to  participate  in  the  Ceremonies,  etc., 

etc., 61 

The  Mayors  and  Common  Councils  of  Brooklyn,  Jersey 
Citv,  and  Hoboken,  and  the  Officers  of  the  Arrav  and 


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Navy,  and  all  the  Government  Officials  in  New-York, 

invited  to  participate  in  the  Obsequies 6-4 

Final  Meeting  of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements — Pub- 
lic Offices  to  be  closed — The  Committee, 68 

Programme  of  Arrangements, 71 

Order  of  Procession, 11 

Obsequies  in  Honor  of  the  Remains  of  James  Monroe,  in 
the  City  of  New-York,  July  2d,  1858 — Grand  Civic 

and  Military  Procession — Scenes  in  the  Morning, 77 

Exhumation  of  the  Remains, 77 

Removal  to  the  Church, 79 

Preparing  for  the  Obsequies, 81 

At  the  Cooper  Institute,    81 

The  Procession, 86 

Movement  of  the  Procession, 89 

The  Line  of  March, 90 

The  Scene  in  the  Park,. 91 

The  Arrangements  for  the  3d  July, 93 

The  Remains  of  Monroe  honored  by  a  Salute  from  the 

Persia, 94 

The  Remains  removed  from  the  City  Hall  to  the  Steamer 
Jamestown — Parade  of  the  Seventh  Regiment — ^Five 
Thousand  Persons  witness  their  Departure  on  board  the 
Ericsson — The  Remains  delivered  to  the  Virginia 
Committee  on  board  the  Jamestown — ^Addresses  of 
Hon.  John  Cochrane,  Mr.  O.  Jennings  Wise,  and  Mayor 

Tiemann — Scenes  on  the  Docks,  etc., 94 

Departure  of  the  Ericsson, 103 

Departure  of  the  Jamestown, 103 

Voyage  ix  the  Jamestown, 105 

The  Salutes  to  the  Jamestown  on  leaving  New-York — the 
Guard  of  the  Remains — Guests  on  board — Incidents  of 
the  Voyage — Reception  at  Norfolk  Harbor — Welcome 
by  the  Mayor  and  City  Council  and  Naval  Officers — 

Reception  at  Richmond,  etc., 105 

Mr.  Cochrane's  Reply, 110 

Passing  the  Ericsson, 112 

Reception  of  the  Jamestown  at  Richmond, 113 

Voyage  of  the  Ericssox, 116 

First  Day  out. — The  Passage  down  the  River  and  Bay — 
The  Salutations — ^The  Vanderbilt— The  Men  at  their 


INDEX.  321 

Page 
Leisure — The  Number  of  Men — Names  of  the  Officers 
— Incident  before  Departure — Presentation  to  Captain 
of  2d  Company  —  The  Baggage  and  Dinner  —  The 
Night-Scenes — How  Five  Hundred  Sleej)ers  were  pro- 
vided for  with  Accommodations  for  Two  Hundred  and 

Fifty— The  Weather— the  Night  Guard, lU 

A  Pleasing  Incident, 117 

Dusk, 118 

The  Guard, 118 

How  they  Slept, 118 

The  Night—"  All's  Well," 119 

Sickness,  etc., 119 

Second  Day  out. — The  Fourth  at  Sea — Sunrise,  Sea- 
Sickness,  and  Hospital  Accommodations — Conduct  of 
the  Men — Ins2:>ection — Divine  Service — National  Salute 
— The  Orders  for  Ilichmond — Close  of  tlie  Fourth — 
Scene  on  the  Chesapeake — Hampton  Roads — ^The  Gen- 
eral Discipline — Future  Movements, 120 

A  Barber's  Harvest, 121 

General  Discipline, 121 

The  Baggage, 124 

An  Incident, 124 

Independence  Celebration, 124 

Chesapeake  Bay,   124 

The  Night-Guard, 125 

Hampton  Roads, 125 

Third  Day. — A  knowing  Pilot — Meeting  with  the  James- 
town— The  Ericsson  aground — The  Virginia  Reception 
Committee — On  Goose  Hill  Flats — ^Speeches  of  Colonels 

Mumfort  and  Duiyee — Progress  up  the  River, 126 

The  Glen  Cove  bound  from  Richmond  for  the  Relief  of 

the  Ericsson, 128 

Ceremony  of  Reception, 129 

The  Disembarkation, 131 

Preparations  previously  made  in  Richmond  for  the  Recep- 
tion of  Mr.  Monroe's  Remains, 134 

Second  Meeting  of  the  Citizens  of  Richmond,  on  the  29th 

June, 1 35 

Disembarkation  at  Rocketts — Removal  and  Interment  at 
Hollywood — The  Military  and  Civic   Procession,  and 
Solemn  Ceremonies  on  the  Occasion — The  Popular  De- 
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monstratiou  of  Respect  for  his  Memory — Xoble  Ap- 
pearance of  the  Seventh  Regiment  of  New- York  Vol- 
unteers,   137 

Programme  for  the  Fifth  July,. 138 

The  City — Scenes  in  the  Morning, 140 

Arrival  of  the  Jamestown, 141 

The  Impatient  Crowd, 142 

Arrival  of  the  ]^ew-York  National  Guard, 142 

Removal  of  the  Remains, 143 

The  Procession, 143 

Ceremonies  at  the  Grave, 145 

Governor  Wise's  Address, 145 

Prayer  by  Rev,  Charles  H,  Read,  D.D., 149 

Close  of  the  Ceremonies, 151 

The  Dinner, 151 

Dining-room, 152 

The  Speeches,  etc., .   153 

Close  of  the  Day, iGl 

At  Night, 162 

Scenes  and  Incidents, 164 

Serenade  to  the  Governor  and  Mayor, 164 

Richmond  Characteristics, 166 

The  Death  of  Councilman  Judson, 166 

A  Fraternal  Meeting, 167 

Departure  of  the  Guard, 170 

The  National  Guard  in  Richmond — their  Movements  and 
Departure — Effect  of  the  Visit  of  this  Gallant  Regi- 
ment to  the  City — Virginia  Volunteers — their  Admira- 
tion of  the  National  Guard, 171 

Attention  shown  the  Regiment  at  Richmond, 175 

Engagement  on  James  River, 176 

The  National  Guard  en  route  for  Washington — The  Rea- 
son why  Governor  Wise  could  not  accompany  the 
Guard — The  Regiment  expected  to  have  had  the  honor 
of  his  Company  to  Mount  Vernon,  he  having  received 

a  cordial  invitation  to  that  effect, 178 

Camping  on  a  Steamboat, 178 

Amusements  of  the  Voyage, 180 

A  Court-Martial  at  Sea, 181 

Aground  again, , ,   182 

Court-martialing  the  Pilot, 183 

Preparations  for  the  Reception  at  Washington, 185 


INDEX.  323 

Page 
Disembarkation  from  the  Ericsson,, 189 

doing  on  board  the  Steamboat  Mount  Yernon — Reaching 
Washington — Regimental  Order — Review  of  the  Regi- 
ment by  the  President  and  Cabinet — National  Guard  at 
the  Tomb  of  "Washington — Description  of  Mount  Yer- 
non— Ceremonies  at  the  Tomb — Address  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  "Weston,  the  Chaplain — Memento  of  Mount  Yernon 
— More  Hospitality — Pursuit  of  Pleasure  imder  Diffi- 
culties— March  through  Baltimore — Reception  in  Phi- 
ladelphia— En  route  for  Home, 189 

Preparations  in  New-York  to  receive  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment,   206 

The  Seventh  Regiment  at  Home, 207 

Military-  Parade  to  receive  and  welcome  them  back,.  . .   207 
Opinions  of  the  Press, 21?. 

Compliments  paid  to  the  National  Guard,  during  their 
Southern  Tour,  in  Richmond,  "Washington,  etc. ;  with 
Comments  regarding  the  Favorable  Results  of  their 
Yisit, 213 

The  Death  and  Burial  of  Laurens  Hamilton, 224 

Meeting  of  the  City  Authorities  of  Richmond,  and  Adop- 
tion of  Resolutions  expressive  of  sorrow  and  condolence 

for  the  Death  of  Laurens  Hamilton, 236 

The  Hamilton  Monument, 237 

Movements   of   the  National  Guard  prior   to   their  Depart- 
ure FOR  Yirginia, 239 

Pressing  Invitation  received  by  them  from  tlie  Cities  of 
Richmond  and  "Washington,  and  from  the  Heads  of 

Military  Comi^mies  of  the  South, 239 

Letter  of  Thanks, 246 

Chronological  History    of  the   Seventh   Regiment,  National 

Guard, 254 

The  Origin  of  the  Uniform, 268 

Biographical  Sketches  of  the  Officers  of  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment, National  Guard, 269 

Colonel  Abrain  Duryee, 269 

Lieutenant- Colonel  Marshall  Lefferts, 274 

Major  E.  M.  Crawford, 277 

Adjutant  William  A.  Pond, 277 

Brevet  Colonel  Henry  C.  Shumwav, 278 


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Captain  James  Price, 279 

Captain  Benjamin  M.  Nevers, ...  280 

Captain  Alexander  Shaler, 280 

Captain  "William  H.  Riblett, 281 

Captain  John  Monroe, 281 

Captain  William  A.  Speaiglit, 282 

Captain  William  P.  Bensel, 282 

Roll  of  Members  of  National  Guard,  Seventh  Regiment,.  . . .  283 

Field  and  Staff  Officers, 283 

Non-Commissioned  Staff, 284 

Troop, 284 

Engineer  Corps, 285 

First  Company',  National  Guard, 285 

Second  Company,  National  Guard, 287 

Honorary  ]Member?, 288 

Third  Company,  National  Guard, 288 

Honorary  Members, 290 

Fourth  Company,  National  Guard, 290 

Honorary  Members, 292 

Fifth  Company,  National  Guard, 292 

Honorary  Members, 293 

Sixth  Company,  National  Guard 293 

Honorary  Members, 295 

Seventh  Company,  National  Guard, 296 

Honorary  and  Exempt  Members, 297 

Eighth  Compan}^  National  Guard, 297 

Honorary  Members, 299 

The  Graves  of  the  Presidents  of  the  United  State?, 300 

The  Tomb  of  Washington, 301 

The  Tomb  of  John  Adams, 303 

The  Tomb  of  Jefferson, 305 

The  Tomb  of  Monroe, 306 

The  Tomb  of  Madison, 307 

The  Tomb  of  John  Quincy  Adams, 308 

The  Tomb  of  Jackson, 310 

The  Tomb  of  Harrison, 311 

The  Tomb  of  Polk, 312 

The  Tomb  of  Taylor, 314 

Tjie  Living  Ex-Presidents, 314 

Conclusion, 315 


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